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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: BUG #19394: error in ecpg
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 08:31:40 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwZ=wv1xpuQANkes3V_iyocfjqaxwOXza4Ym=NoHJePj3Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

On Thursday, February 5, 2026, PG Bug reporting form <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference:      19394
> Logged by:          Alexey G
> Email address:      [email protected]
> PostgreSQL version: Unsupported/Unknown
> Operating system:   linux
> Description:
>
> I have database 4duksh on 182.168.123.4. Postgresq 13.
>
> If i set
> EXEC SQL CONNECT TO [email protected] AS con1 USER postgres;
> i get error near "4"
>
> If i set
> EXEC SQL CONNECT TO [email protected] AS con1 USER postgres;
> as well
>
>
This is not a bug.  The options and limitations for writing the target are
documented here.

 https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/ecpg-connect.html#ECPG-CONNECTING

In PostgreSQL, plain identifiers cannot begin with a number.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS

Apparently target is a bit looser in what it allows since I’d have expected
both to require quoting.

David J.


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