Add:

< * -Eventually enable escape_string_warning and standard_conforming_strings
> * -Enable escape_string_warning and standard_conforming_strings
> * Make standard_conforming_strings the default in 8.3?
>
>   When this is done, backslash-quote should be prohibited in non-E''
>   strings because of possible confusion over how such strings treat
>   backslashes.  Basically, '' is always safe for a literal single
>   quote, while \' might or might not be based on the backslash
>   handling rules.
>

diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
index 9e80671935edb9ff07a3e2da467b47e75117dcf3..b33fb76528e51c1937a898216664d99211e91ad1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/TODO
+++ b/doc/TODO
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PostgreSQL TODO List
 ====================
 Current maintainer:    Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
-Last updated:      Sat Apr 22 14:18:18 EDT 2006
+Last updated:      Sat Apr 22 23:59:59 EDT 2006
 
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -434,7 +434,15 @@ SQL Commands
 * Allow EXPLAIN to identify tables that were skipped because of 
   constraint_exclusion
 * Allow EXPLAIN output to be more easily processed by scripts
-* -Eventually enable escape_string_warning and standard_conforming_strings
+* -Enable escape_string_warning and standard_conforming_strings
+* Make standard_conforming_strings the default in 8.3?
+
+  When this is done, backslash-quote should be prohibited in non-E''
+  strings because of possible confusion over how such strings treat
+  backslashes.  Basically, '' is always safe for a literal single
+  quote, while \' might or might not be based on the backslash
+  handling rules.
+
 * Simplify dropping roles that have objects in several databases
 * Allow COMMENT ON to accept an expression rather than just a string
 * Allow the count returned by SELECT, etc to be to represent as an int64

diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
index 9600c2ae83fa64e49eb491f328985da219df9bf8..3f6edd752b9ed22ce0ec08e70b069c4f0dd79775 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 PostgreSQL TODO List
 Current maintainer:     Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
-Last updated:           Sat Apr 22 14:18:18 EDT 2006
+Last updated:           Sat Apr 22 23:59:59 EDT 2006
 
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -399,7 +399,14 @@ first.
   Allow EXPLAIN to identify tables that were skipped because of 
   constraint_exclusion
   Allow EXPLAIN output to be more easily processed by scripts
-  -Eventually enable escape_stringwarning and standardconforming_strings
+  -Enable escape_stringwarning and standardconforming_strings
+  Make standard_conforming_strings the default in 8.3?
+  When this is done, backslash-quote should be prohibited in non-E''
+  strings because of possible confusion over how such strings treat
+  backslashes.  Basically, '' is always safe for a literal single
+  quote, while \' might or might not be based on the backslash
+  handling rules.
+
   Simplify dropping roles that have objects in several databases
   Allow COMMENT ON to accept an expression rather than just a string
   Allow the count returned by SELECT, etc to be to represent as an int64