Thomas Bouffon <thomas(dot)bouffon(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Hi,
> I have a little problem with psql
> with 8.4.6 ,
> select E'\fr';
> gives :
> ?column?
> ----------
> \x0Cr
> (1 ligne)
> whereas with 8.1
> select E'\fr';
> gives
> ?column?
> ----------
>
> r
> (1 row)
> I tried changing both client/server encodings, etc.
> Why does 8.4 not render \f as a form feed ?
It does. psql just displays form feeds (and other control characters)
in a less broken way than it used to.
regards, tom lane