Обсуждение: Looking for "proper" escape string syntax from pg_get_constraintdef

I am trying to recreate a domain definition from information in
pg_catalog and getting the following warnings:

  WARNING:  nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal
  LINE 3:   CHECK (((VALUE ~ '^\\d{4}$'::text) OR (VALUE ~ '^\\d{5}-\\...
                           ^
  HINT:  Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'.
  WARNING:  nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal
  LINE 3:   CHECK (((VALUE ~ '^\\d{4}$'::text) OR (VALUE ~ '^\\d{5}-\\...
                                                         ^
  HINT:  Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'.

My original domain definition is this:

  create domain "public"."us_postal_code"
    as "pg_catalog"."text"
    CHECK (((VALUE ~ E'^\\d{4}$'::text) OR (VALUE ~ E'^\\d{5}-\\d{4}$'::text)));

but retrieving the constraint definition using pg_get_constraintdef(oid)
gives me this:

  CHECK (((VALUE ~ '^\\d{4}$'::text) OR (VALUE ~ '^\\d{5}-\\d{4}$'::text)))

How can I get the constraint definition with proper escaping from the
catalog?  Is there another function I should be using?

__
Marc

Marc Munro <marc@bloodnok.com> writes:
> but retrieving the constraint definition using pg_get_constraintdef(oid)
> gives me this:

>   CHECK (((VALUE ~ '^\\d{4}$'::text) OR (VALUE ~ '^\\d{5}-\\d{4}$'::text)))

> How can I get the constraint definition with proper escaping from the
> catalog?  Is there another function I should be using?

pg_dump just turns off that warning.  The string is correct for the
prevailing value of standard_conforming_strings; the warning is useless
noise as long as you're careful about maintaining that setting.

            regards, tom lane