Re: [HACKERS] Bytea/Base64 encoders for libpq - interested?

[Tom Lane]

"Joe Conway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I was thinking it would be nice to have a
> way to cast bytea into text and vice-versa,

How will you handle a null byte in bytea data?  Transforming it directly
into an embedded null in a text object is NOT an acceptable answer,
because too many of the text functions will misbehave on such data.

                        regards, tom lane

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