| From: | Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | "Altaf Malik" <mmalik_altaf(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Kris Jurka" <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>, <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at> |
| Subject: | Re: Unable to prepare a statement when the object names contain more than one $ symbol |
| Date: | 2007-07-10 11:32:20 |
| Message-ID: | 87ejjgze7v.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-jdbc |
"Altaf Malik" <mmalik_altaf(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> I think $$ should start a quote instead of $x$. Or $ character have special
> meaning but if there is one dollar does not happen anything wrong. Are $$ and
> $x$ equal? If yes, what happens with the character(s) between the two dollar
> signs?
$anything$ starts a quote and ends with $anything$ as in:
postgres=# select $foo$bar$foo$;
?column?
----------
bar
(1 row)
However the $ must start a new token:
postgres=# select foo$foo$bar$foo$;
ERROR: column "foo$foo$bar$foo$" does not exist
LINE 1: select foo$foo$bar$foo$;
--
Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Michael Paesold | 2007-07-10 12:47:09 | Re: Unable to prepare a statement when the object names contain more than one $ symbol |
| Previous Message | Altaf Malik | 2007-07-10 10:08:10 | Re: Unable to prepare a statement when the object names contain more than one $ symbol |