On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Thomas Kellerer <spam_ea...@gmx.net> wrote:
> haman...@t-online.de, 14.06.2012 10:17: > > Hi, >> >> I have a column declared as array of text. I can get a single backslash >> into one of the array elements by >> update ... set mycol[1] = E'blah \\here' >> If I try to update the whole array >> update ... set mycol = E'{"blah \\here"}' >> the backslash is missing. I can get two backslashes there. >> Is there a good way to solve the problem, other than rewriting my update >> script to do array updates one element at a time? >> >> > Setting > standard_conforming_strings = true > > should do the trick. > > http://www.postgresql.org/**docs/current/static/runtime-** > config-compatible.html#GUC-**STANDARD-CONFORMING-STRINGS<http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-compatible.html#GUC-STANDARD-CONFORMING-STRINGS> > > In that case you don't need any escaping inside the string literals. > > Regards > Thomas > > Nope.. postgres=# show standard_conforming_strings ; standard_conforming_strings ----------------------------- on (1 row) postgres=# set standard_conforming_strings =on; SET postgres=# show standard_conforming_strings ; standard_conforming_strings ----------------------------- on (1 row) postgres=# update array_test set name=E'{"meet\\ing"}'; UPDATE 2 postgres=# select * from array_test ; name ----------- {meeting} {meeting} (2 rows) Correct me, if anything wrong. --Raghav