Be more explicit about the meaning of the change in standard_conforming_strings.
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Wed, 11 May 2011 03:44:33 +0000 (23:44 -0400)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Wed, 11 May 2011 03:44:33 +0000 (23:44 -0400)
doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml

index 7737381e7987cd33af0c40961a2435d0293f4d95..280e0bb142496b9e08b207ad18027e299df3ab49 100644 (file)
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@
       </para>
 
       <para>
-       This removes a long-standing incompatibility with the SQL
-       standard;  <link
+       By default, backslashes are now ordinary characters in string literals,
+       not escape characters.  This change removes a long-standing
+       incompatibility with the SQL standard.  <link
        linkend="guc-escape-string-warning"><varname>escape_string_warning</></link>
        has produced warnings about this usage for years.  <literal>E''</>
        strings are the proper way to embed backslash escapes in strings and are