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> Christoph Haller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) reports a bug with a severity of 3
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
> Short Description
> PQescapeBytea parameter #3 size_t *to_length
>
> Long Description
> Hi,
>
> I am referring to
>
> PostgreSQL 7.2.1 Documentation
> Chapter 1. libpq - C Library
> 1.3. Command Execution Functions
> 1.3.3. Escaping binary strings for inclusion in SQL queries
>
> I found the line
> "The result string length does not include the terminating zero byte of the result."
> is not right.
> The result string length does indeed include the terminating zero byte.
>
> When I do
>
> binarystr = (char *)
> PQescapeBytea((unsigned char *)"\01\02",2,(size_t *)&binarylen);
> printf(" binarylen = %d \n", binarylen) ;
>
> I'll get
> binarylen = 3
>
> I also dropped a DocNote, but unfortunately there is no way to
> scroll on longer notes. Maybe you like to fix this, too.
>
> Regards, Christoph
>
>
> Sample Code
>
>
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