Neanderthelle Jones wrote:
> About the string "Smith \& Jones".
> 
> According to the documentation,
> 
> INSERT INTO thing (name) VALUES ('Smith E'\\'& Jones');
> 
> must work.  But it doesn't.  

I think you'll find the documentation says to use:
        SELECT E'Smith \\& Jones';

Note that the "E" precedes the quoted string, it isn't embedded in it.
If there's an example in the docs that looks like yours, that's a bug.

> But it mightn't if I upgrade from 8.2.3.  Deprecated.  Can't risk it.
> So 40,000 years from now I'll be on 8.2.3.

Doubtful - you're missing 9 releases of bugfixes already. Probably find
all your data gets eaten by a bug long before then. Read the release
notes for 8.2.x and upgrade to 8.2.<latest> at your earliest convenience.

-- 
  Richard Huxton
  Archonet Ltd

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