Hi, Alex.  You wrote:
Have you tried something like:
SELECT  encode(regexp_replace('141142143', '(\d{3})', '\\\1',
'g')::bytea, 'escape');
Hmm, forgot about regexp_replace. It might do the trick, but without a full-blown eval that I can run on the replacement side, it'll be a bit more challenging. But that's a good direction to consider, for sure.

I think select E'\XXX' is what you are looking for (per the fine
manual: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/datatype-binary.html)
I didn't think that I could (easily) build a string like that from digits in a variable or a column, but I'll poke around and see if it can work.

Thanks,

Reuven


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