Re: Why format() adds double quote?

> 2016-01-20 3:47 GMT+01:00 Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
>
>> test=# select format('%I', t) from t1;
>> format
>> ----------
>> aaa
>> "AAA"
>> "あいう"
>> (3 rows)
>>
>> Why is the text value of the third line needed to be double quoted?
>> (note that it is a multi byte character). Same thing can be said to
>> quote_ident().
>>
>> We treat identifiers made of the multi byte characters without double
>> quotation (non delimited identifier) in other places.
>>
>> test=# create table t2(あいう text);
>> CREATE TABLE
>> test=# insert into t2 values('aaa');
>> INSERT 0 1
>> test=# select あいう from t2;
>> あいう
>> --------
>> aaa
>> (1 row)
>
> format uses same routine as quote_ident. So quote_ident should be fixed
> first.

Yes, I had that in my mind too.

Attached is the proposed patch to fix the bug.
Regression tests passed.

Here is an example after the patch. Note that the third row is not
quoted any more.

test=# select format('%I', あいう) from t2;
format
--------
aaa
"AAA"
あああ
(3 rows)

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