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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml index d487cce5cc3..34ab2bb59f8 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.87 2002/01/18 20:39:04 momjian Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.88 2002/03/04 23:59:11 momjian Exp $ --> <chapter id="libpq"> @@ -955,6 +955,25 @@ strings overlap. byte is also added. The single quotes that must surround PostgreSQL string literals are not part of the result string. </para> + + <para> + <function>PQunescapeBytea</function> + Converts an escaped string representation of binary data into binary + data - the reverse of <function>PQescapeBytea</function>. + <synopsis> + unsigned char *PQunescapeBytea(unsigned char *from, size_t *to_length); + </synopsis> + + The <paramater>from</parameter> parameter points to an escaped string + such as might be returned by <function>PQgetvalue</function> of a + <type>BYTEA</type> column. <function>PQunescapeBytea</function> converts + this NUL terminated string representation into binary, filling a buffer. + It returns a pointer to the buffer which is NULL on error, and the size + of the buffer in <parameter>to_length</parameter>. The pointer may + subsequently be used as an argument to the function + <function>free(3)</function>. + </para> + </sect2> |