On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 7:07 AM David G. Johnston < david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. > Ah...you just linked to the section on constants where all the various incarnations are subsections. It would be a nice addition to include some examples in the section pertaining to escape syntax. Make it more clear how it differs from just a non-escaping literal. Maybe put something like \n into the basic literal section showing that it outputs the literal two characters instead of a newline. David J.
