joe@snikeris.com writes:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/pgcrypto.html
> Description:
> I believe the first argument should be of type 'text'. Especially
> considering the paragraph that follows discusses how passing in bytea is
> disallowed.
No, that's how the function is declared. Maybe the following para isn't
clear enough. What it's talking about is that the encrypted message has
to contain a marker saying it was originally text.
regards, tom lane