Re: Clarification in create_function.sgml

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Clarification in create_function.sgml
Date: 2003-10-21 16:48:13
Message-ID: 4324.1066754893@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Oliver Elphick writes:
>> It is necessary for single quotes and backslashes in a function
>> definition to be escaped, but the reference page does not make this
>> clear.

> This ought to be implicit in it being a string literal.

It is mentioned in many places, but not on that particular page.

I don't have a problem with adding something there too, but I think it
ought to go in the NOTES section rather than where Oliver has put it.
We commonly have "Don't forget that ..." kinds of items in NOTES.

regards, tom lane

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