>>> I think the concern is when they use only one slash, like: >>> E'\377\000\377'::bytea >>> which, as I mentioned before, is not correct anyway. > > Wait, why would this be wrong? How would you enter the three byte bytea of > consisting of those three bytes described above?
Either as E'\\377\\000\\377' or '\377\000\377' /Dennis ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster