Re: BUG #10201: Invalid input accepted with IN expression

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: dbaston(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #10201: Invalid input accepted with IN expression
Date: 2014-05-02 20:07:09
Message-ID: 8028.1399061229@sss.pgh.pa.us
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dbaston(at)gmail(dot)com writes:
> If two items in an IN expression are separated by a newline instead of a
> comma, those items will be ignored with no error.

> CREATE TABLE testing (id varchar(1));
> INSERT INTO testing VALUES ('1'), ('2'), ('3'), ('4'), ('5');

> -- Missing comma produces a syntax error
> SELECT * FROM testing WHERE id IN ('1' '2', '3');

> -- Unless there is a newline
> SELECT * FROM testing WHERE id IN ('1'
> '2', '3');

This is not a bug; what you've got there is the SQL-standard way of
breaking a literal across lines. Compare

select '1'
'2', '3';
?column? | ?column?
----------+----------
12 | 3
(1 row)

regards, tom lane

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