| From: | Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Backslash handling in strings |
| Date: | 2005-05-31 09:49:20 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.44.0505311145410.7072-100000@zigo.dhs.org |
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On Tue, 31 May 2005, Tom Lane wrote:
> The case that convinced me we need to keep some sort of backslash
> capability is this: suppose you want to put a string including a tab
> into your database. Try to do it with psql:
> t=> insert into foo values ('<TAB>
> Guess what: you won't get anywhere, at least not unless you disable
> readline. So it's nice to be able to use \t.
To insert a tab using readline you can press ESC followed by TAB. This
works as least in readline as it is setup in redhat/fedora (and readline
can be setup in 1000 different ways so who knows how portable this is).
--
/Dennis Björklund
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