Re: BUG #4927: psql does "spoil" the query before sending it to server

From: Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>
To: handling numeric literals with dots in psql copy command <filip(dot)rembialkowski(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4927: psql does "spoil" the query before sending it to server
Date: 2009-07-17 19:50:02
Message-ID: 4A60D5EA.5060308@timbira.com
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handling numeric literals with dots in psql copy command escreveu:
> filip(at)filip=# \copy ( select 1.23::numeric as num ) to 'out.csv' with csv
> header
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "."
> LINE 1: COPY ( select 1 . 23::numeric as num ) TO STDOUT CSV HEADER
> ^
> \copy: ERROR: syntax error at or near "."
> LINE 1: COPY ( select 1 . 23::numeric as num ) TO STDOUT CSV HEADER
> ^
>
> query inside parentheses is OK.
>
> same bug reproduced in 8.3.7
>
Thanks for your report.

Why are we analysing the query there? One possible fix is to remove the '.' as
delimiter in strtokx(). The trivial patch is attached.

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Euler Taveira de Oliveira
http://www.timbira.com/

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