Default to ON for 8.2, as announced in the release notes:

	escape_string_warning = on

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index 071839cfd8986ccc141fd5d491626d057f46e928..84c9f7958483512877c2d4bde928326893f28aac 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
 #add_missing_from = off
 #array_nulls = on
 #default_with_oids = off
-#escape_string_warning = off       # warn about backslashes in string literals
+escape_string_warning = on     # warn about backslashes in string literals
 #standard_conforming_strings = off # SQL standard string literal processing
 #regex_flavor = advanced       # advanced, extended, or basic
 #sql_inheritance = on