Re: BYTEA / DBD::Pg change in 9.0 beta

From: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
To: Jesper Krogh <jesper(at)krogh(dot)cc>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BYTEA / DBD::Pg change in 9.0 beta
Date: 2010-05-18 21:29:16
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--On 18. Mai 2010 23:20:26 +0200 Jesper Krogh <jesper(at)krogh(dot)cc> wrote:

> That was it. Knowing what the problem was I had no problem finding it in
> the release notes.
>
> May I ask whats the reason is for "breaking" the compatibillity?

"Efficency", if i am allowed to call it this way. The new hex
representation should be more efficient to retrieve and to handle than the
old one. I think bytea_output was set to hex for testing purposes on the
first hand, but not sure wether there was a consensus to leave it there
finally later.

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Thanks

Bernd

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