Re: [PATCH] Documentation: remove confusing paragraph about backslash escaping
Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>
From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hsowa@bfk.de>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2012-02-27T16:00:47Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
* Tom Lane: > Hannes Frederic Sowa <hsowa@bfk.de> writes: >> As with recent changes to `standard_conforming_strings' the paragraph >> about backslash escaping in the description of `LIKE' is only confusing. >> Thus I attached a patch to remove it. > > The para is still relevant if you don't have standard_conforming_strings > on. And if you aren't using parametrized queries. The old text is a bit misleading even with standard_conforming_strings set to off. It is technically correct because it refers to the SQL statement parser which is run on parameters, but this seems a pretty fine distinction. -- Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99