From: ljb <ljb9832@pobox.com>
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Gripe: bytea_output default => data corruption
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:03:43 +0000 (UTC)
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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.
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