Re: bit-strings with white space

2018-04-22 Thread Tom Lane
=?utf-8?q?PG_Doc_comments_form?= writes: > Postgresql 9.6, section 4.1.2.5 says that bit-strings can spill over > multiple lines, same as regular string constants. I tried SELECTing such and > found that they may only contain characters '0' and '1'. As indeed the text says. What the continuation

Re: bit-strings with white space

2018-04-22 Thread Jim Nasby
On 4/22/18 12:18 PM, Tom Lane wrote: regression=# select 'foo' 'bar'; ?column? -- foobar (1 row) Perhaps there's something we could change to make this clearer, but I'm not sure what. I had no idea you could do that. While there's probably some wordy description that could exp

Re: bit-strings with white space

2018-04-22 Thread David G. Johnston
On Sunday, April 22, 2018, Jim Nasby wrote: > On 4/22/18 12:18 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > >> regression=# select 'foo' >> 'bar'; >> ?column? >> -- >> foobar >> (1 row) >> >> Perhaps there's something we could change to make this clearer, >> but I'm not sure what. >> > > I had no idea y