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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: bytea datatype documentation patch
In-Reply-To: <3BFB1465.3070607@home.com> "from Joe Conway at Nov 20,
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Patch applied.  Thanks.

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> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> 
> > So I would base this discussion on the premise "bytea stores binary data"
> > (insert examples).
> > 
> > Some stylistic issues:
> > 
> > bytea => <type>bytea</type>
> > 
> > NULLs => zero bytes/bytes of value zero ("NULL" is too overloaded)
> > 
> > 'non-printable' => <quote>nonprintable</quote>
> > 
> > MUST => <emphasis>must</emphasis>
> > 
> 
> Here's a patch against *CVS tip* to address Peter's comments. Please let 
> me know what you think!
> 
> Thanks,

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