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FUNCTIONS / BINARY STRING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

encode

Read PG 18 manual ↗

Encodes binary data into a textual representation; supported format values are: base64, escape, hex.

Signatures & examples

encode ( bytes bytea, format text ) → text
Encodes binary data into a textual representation; supported format values are: base64, escape, hex.
encode('123\000\001', 'base64') → MTIzAAE=
Version history 2
  1. PG 18 → 19changed
  2. PG 12 → 13changed

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source