Re: size of pg_dump files containing bytea values - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Greg Stark
Subject Re: size of pg_dump files containing bytea values
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Msg-id 87k66hii11.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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In response to Re: size of pg_dump files containing bytea values  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: size of pg_dump files containing bytea values
Re: size of pg_dump files containing bytea values
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Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

> "Steve McWilliams" <smcwilliams@EmprisaNetworks.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

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