| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Steve Clark <sclark(at)netwolves(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [BUGS] BUG #4007: chr(0) doesn't work anymore |
| Date: | 2008-03-03 17:11:43 |
| Message-ID: | 200803031711.m23HBht20068@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Steve Clark <sclark(at)netwolves(dot)com> writes:
> > I'm not sure I understand what you mean about TEXT being null-safe.
> > What are the issues, and why was
> > it supported for years and now abruptly changed.
>
> It never was supported, we are simply plugging a hole that let you
> create a text value that would be likely to malfunction in subsequent
> use.
Seems we never documented that chr(0) is not supported. I have applied
the following doc patch to CVS HEAD and 8.3.X.
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