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* Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column
@ 2022-04-15 18:01 Sbob <[email protected]>
2022-04-15 18:02 ` Re: Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column Sbob <[email protected]>
2022-04-15 18:16 ` Re: Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
2022-04-15 22:11 ` Re: Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column Gavan Schneider <[email protected]>
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From: Sbob @ 2022-04-15 18:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
Hi all;
I have a table that includes a varchar column.
I am inserting some data and one of the strings = "Poker 5 card Hold'Em"
as a straight string it errors out.
I tried this : quote_ident ( 'Poker 5 card Hold'Em')
but it still error's out
I also tried : quote_literal('Poker 5 card Hold\'Em')
but it also errors out:
psql:test.sql:1042: ERROR: syntax error at or near "Em"
LINE 1: ...ed) VALUES ( quote_literal('Poker 5 card Hold\\'Em'), 2, 1...
Thanks in advance
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* Re: Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column
2022-04-15 18:01 Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column Sbob <[email protected]>
@ 2022-04-15 18:02 ` Sbob <[email protected]>
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From: Sbob @ 2022-04-15 18:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
correction, the quote_ident below should be quote_literal
I did not try quote_ident
On 4/15/22 12:01, Sbob wrote:
>
> Hi all;
>
>
> I have a table that includes a varchar column.
>
> I am inserting some data and one of the strings = "Poker 5 card Hold'Em"
>
> as a straight string it errors out.
>
>
> I tried this : quote_ident ( 'Poker 5 card Hold'Em')
>
> but it still error's out
>
>
> I also tried : quote_literal('Poker 5 card Hold\'Em')
>
> but it also errors out:
>
>
> psql:test.sql:1042: ERROR: syntax error at or near "Em"
> LINE 1: ...ed) VALUES ( quote_literal('Poker 5 card Hold\\'Em'), 2, 1...
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
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* Re: Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column
2022-04-15 18:01 Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column Sbob <[email protected]>
@ 2022-04-15 18:16 ` David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
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From: David G. Johnston @ 2022-04-15 18:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sbob <[email protected]>; +Cc: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
On Friday, April 15, 2022, Sbob <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I tried this : quote_ident ( 'Poker 5 card Hold'Em')
>
> but it still error's out
>
>
> I also tried : quote_literal('Poker 5 card Hold\'Em')
>
> but it also errors out:
>
>
You have the right idea you need to escape it. But guessing isn’t a good
method to figure out how.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-CONSTANTS
You can’t use quote_* on a literal if you do not express the literal
correctly.
David J.
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* Re: Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column
2022-04-15 18:01 Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column Sbob <[email protected]>
@ 2022-04-15 22:11 ` Gavan Schneider <[email protected]>
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From: Gavan Schneider @ 2022-04-15 22:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>; +Cc: Sbob <[email protected]>
On 16 Apr 2022, at 4:01, Sbob wrote:
> Hi all;
>
>
> I have a table that includes a varchar column.
>
> I am inserting some data and one of the strings = "Poker 5 card
> Hold'Em"
>
> as a straight string it errors out.
>
> I tried this : quote_ident ( 'Poker 5 card Hold'Em')
>
> but it still error's out
>
>
> I also tried : quote_literal('Poker 5 card Hold\'Em')
>
> but it also errors out:
>
> psql:test.sql:1042: ERROR: syntax error at or near "Em"
> LINE 1: ...ed) VALUES ( quote_literal('Poker 5 card Hold\\'Em'), 2,
> 1...
>
Unbalanced single quote, try dollar quotes as a general get out of jail
approach…
pendari=# SELECT $x$Poker 5 card Hold'Em$x$::TEXT;
text
----------------------
Poker 5 card Hold'Em
(1 row)
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-CONSTANTS
Regards
Gavan Schneider
——
Gavan Schneider, Sodwalls, NSW, Australia
Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a
well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and
wrong.
— H. L. Mencken, 1920
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