"Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-pgsql@hjp.at> writes:
> On 2019-03-20 13:20:57 +0100, Thomas Güttler wrote:
>> Strange. I saw a big difference.
>> What did you test?
>> I tested inserts.
> The graph with the quantiles was for selects.
Hmm, so there are two different code paths being considered here
-- the OP is apparently talking about the speed of bytea_in,
while the rest of us have been thinking about bytea_out.
The question about whether the text representation is hex or
"escape" style still applies, though.
regards, tom lane