Re: Invalid YAML output from EXPLAIN

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Does anyone care that Alias will sometimes be a string, and sometimes a number?

> After further review, it appears to me that this change is pretty much
> required, because otherwise a string like 0xa won't be quoted.  I
> might think it's OK for "123" to turn into 123, but I'm not going to
> be so happy about "0xa" turning into 10.  Please test the attached
> patch.

I still agree with Dean's original proposal: always quote the values of
strings.

            regards, tom lane