On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 7:02 AM Ron Johnson <ronljohnso...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PG 9.6 and PG 14 > > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-CONSTANTS > > [quote] > Any other character following a backslash is taken literally. Thus, to > include a backslash character, write two backslashes (\\). Also, a single > quote can be included in an escape string by writing \', in addition to > the normal way of ''. > [/quote] > > The link you provided goes to the wrong subsection. The following subsection, which discusses, String Constants With C-Style Escapes, requires that you write the literal as E'abc\'def' Note the E prefix on the literal, which is the thing that enables considering backslash as an escape. David J.
