Re: Questions about octal vs. hex for bytea

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Reuven M(dot) Lerner" <reuven(at)lerner(dot)co(dot)il>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Questions about octal vs. hex for bytea
Date: 2011-02-20 15:38:05
Message-ID: 29000.1298216285@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Reuven M. Lerner" <reuven(at)lerner(dot)co(dot)il> writes:
> My client is concerned that the internal representation has changed, and
> is asking me for a script that will change the representation, in order
> to save space (since hex occupies less space than octal).

This is complete nonsense. The internal representation is just bytes.

regards, tom lane

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