On 05/05/2008 16:07, Lee Feigenbaum wrote:
INSERT INTO myTable VALUES (..., E'\x15\x1C\x2F\x00\x02...', ...) ;
As I understand it, the octets need to be entered as their octal
representation - have a look at table 8-7 at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/datatype-binary.html.
HTH,
Hi,
I've searched the archives a fair amount on this topic, but have not
found quite the answer / explanation I'm looking for. I attribute this
to my eternal confusion over character encoding issues in all
environments, so I apologize in advance for what might be a stupid
question. :)
I'mm
Hi Lee,
On 05.05.2008, at 17:07, Lee Feigenbaum wrote:
INSERT INTO myTable VALUES (..., E'\x15\x1C\x2F\x00\x02...', ...) ;
try escaping the backslashes:
INSERT INTO myTable VALUES (..., E'\\x15\\x1C\\x2F\\x00\\x02...', ...) ;
Jan
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Asche wrote:
Hi Lee,
On 05.05.2008, at 17:07, Lee Feigenbaum wrote:
INSERT INTO myTable VALUES (..., E'\x15\x1C\x2F\x00\x02...', ...) ;
try escaping the backslashes:
INSERT INTO myTable VALUES (..., E'\\x15\\x1C\\x2F\\x00\\x02...', ...) ;
Hi Jan,
Thanks for the suggestion. I should have
Hi Lee,
Thanks for the suggestion. I should have mentioned in my original
message that as per your suggestion and the suggestion in the
documentation, I have tried escaping the backslashes. When I do
this, I get the error:
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type bytea
I tried also doing
I'm thinking that the answer is in the literal interpretation of the
error message, i.e. it doesn't like the specific byte 0x00, i.e. the
null byte. According to the docs (4.1.2.1. String Constants):
The character with the code zero cannot be in a string constant.
The reason may be that
Asche wrote:
Hi Lee,
Thanks for the suggestion. I should have mentioned in my original
message that as per your suggestion and the suggestion in the
documentation, I have tried escaping the backslashes. When I do this,
I get the error:
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type bytea
I tried
Lee Feigenbaum [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Would be nice if the bytea parser understood hex representation too, but
beggars can't be choosers :)
decode() might help you:
select decode('1200AB', 'hex');
decode
--
\022\000\253
(1 row)
regards, tom
