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* Re: Meaning of + symbol at end of column string
@ 2025-01-22 19:56  David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
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From: David G. Johnston @ 2025-01-22 19:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Rich Shepard <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-general

On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I use scripts to enter new rows in tables yet on rare occasions when I
> select all columns from a table I'll find a "+" at the end of a string
> value in one column. My web search finds no explanation.
>
> What does that + symbol mean in this context?
>

The value has a line break break character sequence at that point (I forget
if it has any awareness of CR and CRLF differences…)

David J.


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* Re: Meaning of + symbol at end of column string
@ 2025-01-22 20:07  Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
  parent: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
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From: Rich Shepard @ 2025-01-22 20:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-general

On Wed, 22 Jan 2025, David G. Johnston wrote:

> The value has a line break break character sequence at that point (I
> forget if it has any awareness of CR and CRLF differences…)

David,

Ah! A newline (\n). Thanks very much. I fix the row with an update and now I
understand that the original input line was wrapped.

Much appreciated,

Rich






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