From: Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie>
To: ljb <ljb9832@pobox.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Gripe: bytea_output default => data corruption
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:15:46 +0100
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On 13/10/2010 22:03, ljb wrote:
> rod@iol.ie wrote:
>> ...
>> In fairness, it *is* flagged in the release note - it's the first item
>> under "data types" in the list of incompatibilities.
>
> Quote:
> "bytea output now appears in hex format by default (Peter Eisentraut)
> The server parameter bytea_output can be used to select the
> traditional output format if needed for compatibility."
>
> This is inadequate, because it fails to warn that pre-9.0 clients will
> decode the data incorrectly without reporting an error.
I thought myself that the word "incompatibility" was fairly
self-explanatory... :-)
Ray.
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Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
rod@iol.ie
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