Re: BUG #14428: decode function don't return correct value when executed from agent's job or external program

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 3:49 AM, <vbochkov(at)eastwind(dot)ru> wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 14428
> Logged by: Vadim Bochkov
> Email address: vbochkov(at)eastwind(dot)ru
> PostgreSQL version: 9.5.5
> Operating system: CentOS 7.2
> Description:
>
> We have test stored function
> CREATE FUNCTION decode_test()
> RETURNS integer AS
> BEGIN
> insert into test2(txt)
> select decode('30343134','hex')::varchar(8000);
> return 0;
>
> When we execute it from psql command prompt value "0414" is insesrted in
> table. When we execute function from agent job value "х30343134" is
> inserted in table.
> Function decode() is deterministic, but result is not the same. It's bug.
>
>
N
​ot a bug - different configurations in the two environments.

See bytea_output

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https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/runtime-config-client.html

​David J.​