Re: pg_restore recognizing $-quotes

This is quite a large patch, but we do need a solution to this problem.
Should it be applied?

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Philip Warner wrote:
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> Not sure if this is the desired approach, but since it works, I thought I'd
> send it.
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> This patch allows pg_restore to recognize $-quotes in SQL queries. It will
> treat any unquoted string that starts with a $ and has no preceding
> identifier chars as a potential $-quote tag, it then makes sure that the
> tag chars are valid. If so, it processes the $-quote.
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> Tested against local DBs and regression DB.
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