| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
| Cc: | dipti shah <shahdipti1980(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Minor systax error but not able to resolve it... |
| Date: | 2010-02-23 15:53:55 |
| Message-ID: | 22269.1266940435@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> writes:
> You're interpolating $cmd here but not quoting it, so you end up with:
> ... RETURNS void AS CREATE TABLE test-table...
> whereas you want:
> ... RETURNS void AS 'CREATE TABLE test-table...'...
> Probably best to use dollar-quoting: $TMP$ or similar, but don't forget
> to escapt the $ or perl will think it's a variable.
Dollar-quoting is really dangerous when you're trying to quote
nonconstant text. I'd suggest passing the string through
quote_literal() instead.
regards, tom lane
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