Re: Escape handling in strings

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Escape handling in strings
Date: 2005-06-16 02:54:20
Message-ID: 200506160254.j5G2sKX14977@candle.pha.pa.us
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> I'm still really iffy about this. I think it will really hurt pgsql due
> to backward compatibility :(
>
> (If I'm understanding how the proposed change works...)

Yep, you probably are. The hurt is backward compatibility, but the gain
is greater portability with other database systems.

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