diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index a066bb742e..4bc950acf0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + Data Types @@ -1097,15 +1097,17 @@ SELECT b, char_length(b) FROM test2; - When entering bytea values, octets of certain values - must be escaped (but all octet values - can be escaped) when used as part of a string - literal in an SQL statement. In general, to - escape an octet, it is converted into the three-digit octal number - equivalent of its decimal octet value, and preceded by two - backslashes. shows the - characters that must be escaped, and gives the alternate escape - sequences where applicable. + When entering bytea values, octets of certain + values must be escaped (but all octet + values can be escaped) when used as part + of a string literal in an SQL statement. In + general, to escape an octet, it is converted into the three-digit + octal number equivalent of its decimal octet value, and preceded + by two backslashes (or one backslash if + standard_conforming_strings is off). + shows the characters + that must be escaped, and gives the alternate escape sequences + where applicable. @@ -1168,24 +1170,25 @@ SELECT b, char_length(b) FROM test2; - The reason that you have to write so many backslashes, as shown in - , is that an input string - written as a string literal must pass through two parse phases in - the PostgreSQL server. The first - backslash of each pair is interpreted as an escape character by - the string-literal parser and is therefore consumed, leaving the - second backslash of the pair. The remaining backslash is then - recognized by the bytea input function as starting - either a three digit octal value or escaping another backslash. - For example, a string literal passed to the server as - '\\001' becomes \001 after - passing through the string-literal parser. The - \001 is then sent to the bytea - input function, where it is converted to a single octet with a - decimal value of 1. Note that the apostrophe character is not - treated specially by bytea, so it follows the normal - rules for string literals. (See also .) + The reason that you have to write so many backslashes, as shown + in , is that an input + string written as a string literal must pass through two parse + phases in the PostgreSQL server. + The first backslash of each pair is interpreted as an escape + character by the string-literal parser (assuming + standard_conforming_strings is off) + and is therefore consumed, leaving the second backslash of the + pair. The remaining backslash is then recognized by the + bytea input function as starting either a three + digit octal value or escaping another backslash. For example, + a string literal passed to the server as '\\001' + becomes \001 after passing through the + string-literal parser. The \001 is then sent + to the bytea input function, where it is converted + to a single octet with a decimal value of 1. Note that the + apostrophe character is not treated specially by bytea, + so it follows the normal rules for string literals. (See also + .)