Excerpts from Florian Weimer's message of Thu Nov 24 12:59:09 +0200 2011: > > > I have a different question. What is reason for embedded NULs inside > > strings? > > The source system does not enforce that constraint, so from time to > time, such data slips through. I don't know why it's there in the first > place, and I have no control over the original data source. Usually, > it's okay to silently strip NUL bytes; it's just a bit awkward.
Strip? Like this: "loss\0less" => "lossless"? That would be awkward for sure. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
