Re: psql eating backslashes

Jan Wieck writes:

> seems to me that psql thinks to know a little too much about
> quoting. I'm not able to qoute a backslash at the end of a
> line:
>
> xxx=# select 'a\\b\\
> xxx'# c';
> ?column?
> ----------
> a\b
> c
> (1 row)

I committed a fix that should give you better results.

peter=# select 'abc\\
peter'# def';
?column?
----------
abc\
def
(1 row)

But what should

peter=# select 'abc\
peter'# def';

do? This doesn't seem right:

?column?
----------
abc
def
(1 row)

Should the newline be stripped?

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