Re: massive quotes?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tilo Schwarz <mail(at)tilo-schwarz(dot)de>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jon Jensen <jon(at)endpoint(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: massive quotes?
Date: 2003-09-11 22:20:33
Message-ID: 2292.1063318833@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tilo Schwarz <mail(at)tilo-schwarz(dot)de> writes:
> What about the Python approach: The literal text is enclosed either in a pair
> of three single quotes or three double quotes.

That might be okay if we were working in a vacuum, but we aren't. Among
other things, the SQL spec tells us what 'quote''' ... means, and it's
not Python-compatible.

regards, tom lane

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