Re: Backslash handling in strings

On Tue, 31 May 2005, Tom Lane wrote:

> The case that convinced me we need to keep some sort of backslash
> capability is this: suppose you want to put a string including a tab
> into your database.  Try to do it with psql:
>     t=> insert into foo values ('<TAB>
> Guess what: you won't get anywhere, at least not unless you disable
> readline.  So it's nice to be able to use \t.

To insert a tab using readline you can press ESC followed by TAB. This
works as least in readline as it is setup in redhat/fedora (and readline
can be setup in 1000 different ways so who knows how portable this is).

-- 
/Dennis Björklund