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

[Tom Lane]

Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Let me ask a bigger question.  We have the length of the text string in
> the varlena header.  Are we concerned about backend code not handling
> NULL in text fields, or frontend code returning strings with embedded
> nulls?

The former.

> I see problems in the text() functions for nulls, but is such a
> limitation required for text types?

Unless you want to re-implement strcoll() and friends from scratch.

                        regards, tom lane

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