Philip Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
While trying to understand dollar-quoting, I found the following in psql:
select $a$ hello $a$;
behaves as expected, but psql does not like
select $a$ \ $a$;
or
select $a$ \\ $a$;
Define does not like. The behavior seems correct to me.
At 12:47 PM 12/08/2004, Tom Lane wrote:
Backslashes are not special inside
dollar quotes --- nor is anything else, except the matching close tag
If they are not special, then shouldnt:
select $a$\$a$;
result in
?column?
\
rather than an error?
At 12:47 PM 12/08/2004, Tom Lane wrote:
Backslashes are not special inside
dollar quotes --- nor is anything else, except the matching close tag
If they are not special, then shouldnt:
select $a$\$a$;
result in
?column?
\
rather than an error?
Oops. It does.
Philip Warner wrote:
While trying to understand dollar-quoting, I found the following in psql:
select $a$ hello $a$;
behaves as expected, but psql does not like
select $a$ \ $a$;
or
select $a$ \\ $a$;
Should it? How should a dollar-quote handle:
$a$ \$a\$a $a$
?
andrew=# select $a$ \
At 01:07 PM 12/08/2004, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
\ is not magical inside dollar quotes,
Sorry, I was confused by the manual: the paragraph that starts C-style
backslash escapes are also available... is right after the paragraphs on
dollar-quoting.
The section on dollar-quoting is also not explicit
Philip Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 12:47 PM 12/08/2004, Tom Lane wrote:
Backslashes are not special inside
dollar quotes --- nor is anything else, except the matching close tag
If they are not special, then shouldnt:
select $a$\$a$;
result in
?column?
\
rather than
Philip Warner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 01:07 PM 12/08/2004, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
\ is not magical inside dollar quotes,
Sorry, I was confused by the manual: the paragraph that starts C-style
backslash escapes are also available... is right after the paragraphs on
dollar-quoting.
The
Philip Warner wrote:
At 01:07 PM 12/08/2004, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
\ is not magical inside dollar quotes,
Sorry, I was confused by the manual: the paragraph that starts
C-style backslash escapes are also available... is right after the
paragraphs on dollar-quoting.
The section on
