unescape_bytea(original_value)
public
Unescapes bytea output from a database to the binary string it represents.
NOTE: This is NOT an inverse of escape_bytea! This is only to be used
on escaped binary output from database drive.
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def unescape_bytea(original_value)
if @connection.respond_to?(:unescape_bytea)
self.class.instance_eval do
define_method(:unescape_bytea) do |value|
@connection.unescape_bytea(value) if value
end
end
elsif PGconn.respond_to?(:unescape_bytea)
self.class.instance_eval do
define_method(:unescape_bytea) do |value|
PGconn.unescape_bytea(value) if value
end
end
else
raise 'Your PostgreSQL connection does not support unescape_bytea. Try upgrading to pg 0.9.0 or later.'
end
unescape_bytea(original_value)
end