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Re: BUG #14512: Backslashes in LIKE

David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>

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From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
To: Alex Malek <magicagent@gmail.com>
Cc: "pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-03-17T18:25:26Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs 
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Alex Malek <magicagent@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Given the current behavior the same query will work or raise on error
> based on context.
> That is pretty confusing.
>
>
​Recently discussed here:

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20170124172505.1431.56735%40wrigleys.postgresql.org#20170124172505.1431.56735@wrigleys.postgresql.org
​
In short - preventing a "fails-to-fail" scenario here doesn't seem worthy
of the effort and run-time cost doing so would entail.

David J.