PG_UNESCAPE_BYTEA(n)

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💖 pg_unescape_bytea 💖

Okay bestie, this one’s straight outta the PostgreSQL Tcl Interface Documentation, and it’s giving “tiny but iconic” energy. No cap. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

pg_unescape_bytea — unescapes a binary string. That’s the whole assignment, and it ate. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

pg_unescape_bytea string

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So, pg_unescape_bytea unescapes a binary string when you’re retrieving it from the backend. Literally that’s the vibe: binary string goes in, unescaped binary string energy comes out. ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • binary_string — the string that needs to be unescaped. She’s the main character here, fr fr. 🫶

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

Returns the binary string. That’s it. That’s the return value. Iconic behavior, honestly. 💖

No weird little surprises, no mysterious extra details — just the unescape moment, exactly as documented. 🧚

xoxo, the PostgreSQL Tcl Interface Documentation 💌 — 17 September 2020. 💅

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