Re: size of pg_dump files containing bytea values

Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> Didn't byteas used to get printed as hex?

No, not that I recall.  I don't have anything older than 7.0 running,
but it behaves the same as now:

play=> select 'xyz\\001'::bytea;
 ?column?
----------
 xyz\001
(1 row)

play=>

            regards, tom lane