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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/config.sgml15
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml6
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 38684af5b18..924309af26d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -6893,8 +6893,9 @@ 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>
@@ -7890,10 +7891,12 @@ 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>