Re: size of pg_dump files containing bytea values

[Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>]

Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> "Steve McWilliams" <smcwilliams(at)EmprisaNetworks(dot)com> writes:
> > I notice that non-printables in bytea values are being spit out by pg_dump
> > using escaped octet sequences even when the "-Fc" option is present
> > specifying use of the custom binary output format rather than plain text
> > format.  This bloats the size of bytea values in the dump file by a factor
> > of 3+ typically.
> 
> No, because the subsequent compression step should buy back most of
> that.

Didn't byteas used to get printed as hex? Even in psql they're now being
printed in the escaped octet sequence. When did this change?

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greg