From 9ad27c215362df436f8c16f1aace923011f31be4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:14:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Document encode(bytea, 'escape')'s behavior correctly. I changed this in commit fd15dba543247eb1ce879d22632b9fdb4c230831, but missed the fact that the SGML documentation of the function specified exactly what it did. Well, one of the two places where it's specified documented that --- probably I looked at the other place and thought nothing needed to be done. Sync the two places where encode() and decode() are described. --- doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml index db4e33f871..a0ecc4f568 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml @@ -1506,7 +1506,8 @@ Encode binary data into a textual representation. Supported formats are: base64, hex, escape. - escape merely outputs null bytes as \000 and + escape converts zero bytes and high-bit-set bytes to + octal sequences (\nnn) and doubles backslashes. encode(E'123\\000\\001', 'base64') @@ -3234,12 +3235,12 @@ SELECT format('Testing %3$s, %2$s, %s', 'one', 'two', 'three'); decode decode(string text, - type text) + format text) bytea - Decode binary string from string previously - encoded with encode. Parameter type is same as in encode. + Decode binary data from textual representation in string. + Options for format are same as in encode. decode(E'123\\000456', 'escape') 123\000456 @@ -3250,13 +3251,16 @@ SELECT format('Testing %3$s, %2$s, %s', 'one', 'two', 'three'); encode - encode(string bytea, - type text) + encode(data bytea, + format text) text - Encode binary string to ASCII-only representation. Supported - types are: base64, hex, escape. + Encode binary data into a textual representation. Supported + formats are: base64, hex, escape. + escape converts zero bytes and high-bit-set bytes to + octal sequences (\nnn) and + doubles backslashes. encode(E'123\\000456'::bytea, 'escape') 123\000456