Commit a2cce843 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Update psql docs for recent octal-only string behavior.

parent f13c1320
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PostgreSQL documentation
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......@@ -589,11 +589,8 @@ testdb=&gt;
single quote. To include a single quote into such an argument,
precede it by a backslash. Anything contained in single quotes is
furthermore subject to C-like substitutions for
<literal>\n</literal> (new line), <literal>\t</literal> (tab),
<literal>\</literal><replaceable>digits</replaceable>,
<literal>\0</literal><replaceable>digits</replaceable>, and
<literal>\0x</literal><replaceable>digits</replaceable> (the
character with the given decimal, octal, or hexadecimal code).
<literal>\n</literal> (new line), <literal>\t</literal> (tab), and
<literal>\</literal><replaceable>digits</replaceable> (octal).
</para>
<para>
......@@ -2367,12 +2364,7 @@ testdb=&gt; <userinput>\set content '\'' `sed -e "s/'/\\\\\\'/g" &lt; my_file.tx
<term><literal>%</literal><replaceable class="parameter">digits</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The character with the indicated numeric code is substituted.
If <replaceable class="parameter">digits</replaceable> starts
with <literal>0x</literal> the rest of the characters are
interpreted as hexadecimal; otherwise if the first digit is
<literal>0</literal> the digits are interpreted as octal;
otherwise the digits are read as a decimal number.
The character with the indicated octal code is substituted.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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