Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> Didn't byteas used to get printed as hex?
No, not that I recall. I don't have anything older than 7.0 running,
but it behaves the same as now:
play=> select 'xyz\\001'::bytea;
?column?
----------
xyz\001
(1 row)
play=>
regards, tom lane