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To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Baji Shaik <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Doc: document standard_conforming_strings dump/restore incompatibility
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:20:15 -0400
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On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 11:34:46AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> writes:
> > On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 01:29:09PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> I'm inclined to do more or less the attached, which also fixes what
> >> seems a thinko in the existing text: we should say that clients still
> >> support standard_conforming_strings = off, not
> >> escape_string_warning = off.
>
> > I have applied a slightly modified version to master, attached. The git
> > commit suggested this problem, but I didn't understand the impact at the
> > time I read it.
>
> This didn't correct the point I complained of above: it still says
>
> Client applications still support <literal>escape_string_warning = off</literal> for compatibility with old servers.
>
> The notion of a client "supporting" escape_string_warning seems quite
> meaningless. I think this intended to say standard_conforming_strings =
> off.
Ah, yes, I see my mistake now. Attached patch applied using your wording.
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[text/x-diff] master.diff (789B, ../[email protected]/2-master.diff)
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml
index 7c73cba11b7..96a09d6cd6e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-19.sgml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ or later versions of these applications, or use <literal>standard_conforming_str
</para>
<para>
-Client applications still support <literal>escape_string_warning = off</literal> for compatibility with old servers. The server variable <varname>escape_string_warning</varname> has been removed as unnecessary.
+Client applications still support operations with servers having <literal>standard_conforming_strings = off</literal>, for compatibility with old servers. The server variable <varname>escape_string_warning</varname> has been removed as unnecessary.
</para>
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