From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: David Stanaway <david@netventures.com.au>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] indexing arrays in pgaccess's query interface is failing
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 10:41:59 -0400
Message-ID: <18354.994171319@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E15HMZC-0004Wc-00@runt.in.netventures.com.au>
References: <E15HMZC-0004Wc-00@runt.in.netventures.com.au>
[ redirected to pgsql-interfaces, which seems a more appropriate venue ]
David Stanaway <david@netventures.com.au> writes:
> --.. And now the query that I am having problems with.
>
> SELECT itID, itProperties[akID], akName
> FROM items, arraykeys;
>
> In pgaccess,
> when I try to execute the same query in query builder,
> I get the tcl error dialogue:
> Error: invalid command name "akID"
Someone isn't quoting the query string correctly on the Tcl side ---
[akID] is Tclese for command substitution. Sounds like pgaccess expects
the user to quote command punctuation characters that should be passed
through. Not sure if that should be regarded as a bug or a feature.
It could be considered a feature that you can enter SQL commands with
Tcl command substitution performed on them, but it's something that
would confuse non-Tcl-users a lot.
regards, tom lane
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