bytea insert doesn't convert properly

[jamshidh]

I would expect an insert of the form

run conn "INSERT INTO documents VALUES (?)" [toSql $ data]

to insert the data in the bytestring as is into the table, but instead it does some processing to the data first (unescaping backspace octal sequences, and checking that the data only contains valid utf8 characters).

I have written more details about this at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20506922/how-do-a-put-binary-data-into-postgres-through-hdbc/20598912 (see the response by jamshidh), including a conversion function that I used to fix the problem.

[TravisWhitaker]

I just ran into this issue as well. If I have the time I'll start working on a patch within the next few days.

[jtdaugherty]

I also just encountered this with HDBC-postgresql version 2.3.2.3.

[wavewave]

Any progress here?

[hesselink]

Not by me, sorry. Would changing this break people's code? And would someone be interested in sending a PR?