From 43f062cac0a7352acf983b74638ecadb0bfd76ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 17:25:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: remove mention of backslash doubling in strings Reported-by: Laurenz Albe Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/0b03f91a875fb44182f5bed9e1d404ed6d138066.camel@cybertec.at Author: Laurenz Albe Backpatch-through: 11 --- doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml index d66560b587..bcb67b7459 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ U&'d!0061t!+000061' UESCAPE '!' While the standard syntax for specifying string constants is usually convenient, it can be difficult to understand when the desired string - contains many single quotes or backslashes, since each of those must + contains many single quotes, since each of those must be doubled. To allow more readable queries in such situations, PostgreSQL provides another way, called dollar quoting, to write string constants.