When using PostgreSQL, some warnings are produced in the database log when attempting to do certain queries

[Chris Wagner]

In particular, if i try to visit the path /browse/artists?starts-with=\, i see these messages in my PostgreSQL log file:
  2007-11-02 11:45:42 EDT WARNING: nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal at character 284
  2007-11-02 11:45:42 EDT HINT: Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'.
  2007-11-02 11:45:42 EDT WARNING: nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal at character 311
  2007-11-02 11:45:42 EDT HINT: Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'.