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Document encode(bytea, 'escape')'s behavior correctly.
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:14:58 +0000 (23:14 -0400)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:14:58 +0000 (23:14 -0400)
I changed this in commit fd15dba543247eb1ce879d22632b9fdb4c230831, but
missed the fact that the SGML documentation of the function specified
exactly what it did.  Well, one of the two places where it's specified
documented that --- probably I looked at the other place and thought
nothing needed to be done.  Sync the two places where encode() and
decode() are described.

doc/src/sgml/func.sgml

index 7d39b272f06867a339524bf11403fe7b55d0b98a..4309cbf520d605ef2a246bc6dba808180405ebcb 100644 (file)
        <entry>
         Encode binary data into a textual representation.  Supported
         formats are: <literal>base64</>, <literal>hex</>, <literal>escape</>.
-        <literal>escape</> merely outputs null bytes as <literal>\000</> and
+        <literal>escape</> converts zero bytes and high-bit-set bytes to
+        octal sequences (<literal>\</><replaceable>nnn</>) and
         doubles backslashes.
        </entry>
        <entry><literal>encode(E'123\\000\\001', 'base64')</literal></entry>
          <primary>decode</primary>
         </indexterm>
        <literal><function>decode(<parameter>string</parameter> <type>text</type>,
-              <parameter>type</parameter> <type>text</type>)</function></literal>
+       <parameter>format</parameter> <type>text</type>)</function></literal>
       </entry>
       <entry><type>bytea</type></entry>
       <entry>
-       Decode binary string from <parameter>string</parameter> previously
-       encoded with <function>encode</>.  Parameter type is same as in <function>encode</>.
+       Decode binary data from textual representation in <parameter>string</>.
+       Options for <parameter>format</> are same as in <function>encode</>.
       </entry>
       <entry><literal>decode(E'123\\000456', 'escape')</literal></entry>
       <entry><literal>123\000456</literal></entry>
         <indexterm>
          <primary>encode</primary>
         </indexterm>
-       <literal><function>encode(<parameter>string</parameter> <type>bytea</type>,
-              <parameter>type</parameter> <type>text</type>)</function></literal>
+       <literal><function>encode(<parameter>data</parameter> <type>bytea</type>,
+       <parameter>format</parameter> <type>text</type>)</function></literal>
       </entry>
       <entry><type>text</type></entry>
       <entry>
-       Encode binary string to <acronym>ASCII</acronym>-only representation.  Supported
-       types are: <literal>base64</>, <literal>hex</>, <literal>escape</>.
+       Encode binary data into a textual representation.  Supported
+       formats are: <literal>base64</>, <literal>hex</>, <literal>escape</>.
+       <literal>escape</> converts zero bytes and high-bit-set bytes to
+       octal sequences (<literal>\</><replaceable>nnn</>) and
+       doubles backslashes.
       </entry>
       <entry><literal>encode(E'123\\000456'::bytea, 'escape')</literal></entry>
       <entry><literal>123\000456</literal></entry>