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| author | Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> | 2023-09-29 10:34:18 +0900 |
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| committer | Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> | 2023-09-29 10:34:18 +0900 |
| commit | 950e236e50691d80e50d0aa18b66d1f459105558 (patch) | |
| tree | e841df551c85ee84c1dc32dcde50b55939a6cc95 | |
| parent | 3fa81b62e09befc0e839b2e1ef9ea92ef854a77d (diff) | |
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doc: Fix descriptions related to the handling of non-ASCII characters
Since 45b1a67a0fcb, non-printable ASCII characters do not show up in
various configuration paths as question marks, but as hexadecimal
escapes. The documentation was not updated to reflect that.
Author: Hayato Kuroda
Reviewed-by: Jian He, Tom Lane, Karl O. Pinc, Peter Smith
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/TYAPR01MB586631D0961BF9C44893FAB1F523A@TYAPR01MB5866.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com
Backpatch-through: 16
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml | 6 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 4647539e403..126c147fc62 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -7012,8 +7012,9 @@ local0.* /var/log/postgresql and included in CSV log entries. It can also be included in regular log entries via the <xref linkend="guc-log-line-prefix"/> parameter. Only printable ASCII characters may be used in the - <varname>application_name</varname> value. Other characters will be - replaced with question marks (<literal>?</literal>). + <varname>application_name</varname> value. + Other characters are replaced with <link + linkend="sql-syntax-strings-escape">C-style hexadecimal escapes</link>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -8009,10 +8010,12 @@ COPY postgres_log FROM '/full/path/to/logfile.csv' WITH csv; The name can be any string of less than <symbol>NAMEDATALEN</symbol> characters (64 characters in a standard build). Only printable ASCII characters may be used in the - <varname>cluster_name</varname> value. Other characters will be - replaced with question marks (<literal>?</literal>). No name is shown - if this parameter is set to the empty string <literal>''</literal> (which is - the default). This parameter can only be set at server start. + <varname>cluster_name</varname> value. + Other characters are replaced with <link + linkend="sql-syntax-strings-escape">C-style hexadecimal escapes</link>. + No name is shown if this parameter is set to the empty string + <literal>''</literal> (which is the default). + This parameter can only be set at server start. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml index 5062d712e74..c177fd41bcb 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml @@ -1067,9 +1067,9 @@ postgres=# SELECT postgres_fdw_disconnect_all(); of any length and contain even non-ASCII characters. However when it's passed to and used as <varname>application_name</varname> in a foreign server, note that it will be truncated to less than - <symbol>NAMEDATALEN</symbol> characters and anything other than - printable ASCII characters will be replaced with question - marks (<literal>?</literal>). + <symbol>NAMEDATALEN</symbol> characters. + Anything other than printable ASCII characters are replaced with <link + linkend="sql-syntax-strings-escape">C-style hexadecimal escapes</link>. See <xref linkend="guc-application-name"/> for details. </para> |