Minor result error in binary strings documentation
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/functions-binarystring.html
Description:
On the page:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/functions-binarystring.html
The result for decode('123\000456', 'escape') is incorrect, it should be:
# select decode('123\000456', 'escape');
decode
------------------
\x31323300343536
PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
On the page:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/functions-binarystring.html
The result for decode('123\000456', 'escape') is incorrect, it should be:
# select decode('123\000456', 'escape');
decode
------------------
\x31323300343536
The example is "correct" as given, because it assumes bytea_output is set
to escape, as noted at the top of the page. For v13, I have adjusted all
the examples on this page to follow the modern default of bytea_output =
hex, but I don't plan to retrofit the older branches that way.
regards, tom lane