Re: ERROR: syntax error in tsquery - for high-unicode whitespace

From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ERROR: syntax error in tsquery - for high-unicode whitespace
Date: 2013-03-15 13:03:04
Message-ID: 20130315130304.GA12307@depesz.com
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 11:56:19PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)com> writes:
> > $ select to_tsquery('english', E'a\xe2\x80\x86a');
> > ERROR: syntax error in tsquery: "a a"
>
> > the 3-byte utf8 character is SIX-PER-EM SPACE (based on info from
> > http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2006/index.htm)
>
> AFAICS, that behavior is correct, if you're using a locale that reports
>   as being whitespace. Compare
>
> u8e=# select to_tsquery('english', E'a a');
> ERROR: syntax error in tsquery: "a a"
>
> You need an ampersand or something in there.
> Or use plainto_tsquery().

Right. Thanks. Not sure how I missed that.

Best regards,

depesz

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