Re: bytea vs. pg_dump

2009/7/8 Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>:
> --On Dienstag, Juli 07, 2009 18:07:08 -0400 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> wrote:
>
>> Enum.  If we do this then it seems entirely fair that someone might
>> want other settings someday.  Also, it seems silly to pick a format
>> partly on the grounds that it's expansible, and then not make the
>> control GUC expansible.  Perhaps
>>
>>        SET bytea_output = [ hex | traditional ]
>
> I like the enum much better, too, but
>
>       SET bytea_output = [ hex | escape ]

+ 1

Pavel
>
> looks better to me (encode/decode are using something like this already).
>
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>                   Bernd
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