Re: pg_dump vs PQescapeBytea

Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> writes:
> On a related topic: right now it's impossible to safely escape (using
> libpq alone) bytea data for use as a text-format argument to a
> parameterized query. This is because PQescapeBytea returns a string that
> is both escaped for bytea and escaped for inclusion in a SQL string (am
> I wrong here?).

True, but I would think that most people would prefer to use binary
format and not do any conversion/escaping at all in that situation.
I doubt it's worth producing still another variant of PQescapeBytea
for the people who insist on a text conversion for that case. (The
hex mode already made their lives a lot easier, anyway.)

regards, tom lane