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This PR fixes the PostgreSQL NUL byte issue that causes
`psycopg.DataError` when inserting documents containing `\x00` bytes
into PostgreSQL-based vector stores.
## Problem
PostgreSQL text fields cannot contain NUL (0x00) bytes. When documents
with such characters are processed by PGVector or langchain-postgres
implementations, they fail with:
```
(psycopg.DataError) PostgreSQL text fields cannot contain NUL (0x00) bytes
```
This commonly occurs when processing PDFs, documents from various
loaders, or text extracted by libraries like unstructured that may
contain embedded NUL bytes.
## Solution
Added `sanitize_for_postgres()` utility function to
`langchain_core.utils.strings` that removes or replaces NUL bytes from
text content.
### Key Features
- **Simple API**: `sanitize_for_postgres(text, replacement="")`
- **Configurable**: Replace NUL bytes with empty string (default) or
space for readability
- **Comprehensive**: Handles all problematic examples from the original
issue
- **Well-tested**: Complete unit tests with real-world examples
- **Backward compatible**: No breaking changes, purely additive
### Usage Example
```python
from langchain_core.utils import sanitize_for_postgres
from langchain_core.documents import Document
# Before: This would fail with DataError
problematic_content = "Getting\x00Started with embeddings"
# After: Clean the content before database insertion
clean_content = sanitize_for_postgres(problematic_content)
# Result: "GettingStarted with embeddings"
# Or preserve readability with spaces
readable_content = sanitize_for_postgres(problematic_content, " ")
# Result: "Getting Started with embeddings"
# Use in Document processing
doc = Document(page_content=clean_content, metadata={...})
```
### Integration Pattern
PostgreSQL vector store implementations should sanitize content before
insertion:
```python
def add_documents(self, documents: List[Document]) -> List[str]:
# Sanitize documents before insertion
sanitized_docs = []
for doc in documents:
sanitized_content = sanitize_for_postgres(doc.page_content, " ")
sanitized_doc = Document(
page_content=sanitized_content,
metadata=doc.metadata,
id=doc.id
)
sanitized_docs.append(sanitized_doc)
return self._insert_documents_to_db(sanitized_docs)
```
## Changes Made
- Added `sanitize_for_postgres()` function in
`langchain_core/utils/strings.py`
- Updated `langchain_core/utils/__init__.py` to export the new function
- Added comprehensive unit tests in
`tests/unit_tests/utils/test_strings.py`
- Validated against all examples from the original issue report
## Testing
All tests pass, including:
- Basic NUL byte removal and replacement
- Multiple consecutive NUL bytes
- Empty string handling
- Real examples from the GitHub issue
- Backward compatibility with existing string utilities
This utility enables PostgreSQL integrations in both langchain-community
and langchain-postgres packages to handle documents with NUL bytes
reliably.
Fixes #26033.
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