Re: BUG #16816: Unexpected escaping of html output

Fixed it.

select
'<tr>',
format('<td><a
href="${baseurl}#ticket/zoom/%s">%s</a></li></td>',t.id,t.number) as
TicketID,
'</tr>'
from tickets as t, users as u

psql -h ${host} -U zammad zammad  --tuples-only -AF ' '  -c "${query}"

Works!

Op 08-01-2021 om 11:29 schreef PG Bug reporting form:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 16816
> Logged by: Jeroen Baten
> Email address: jbaten(at)i2rs(dot)nl
> PostgreSQL version: 12.5
> Operating system: Ubuntu Linux 20.04
> Description:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am not sure if this is a bug, but I can't see to find any place
> (web/books/google/irc) that has a solution to my problem.
> So, in the end, I turn to the development team.
>
> My problem is: I use psql --html to generate output that I then transform to
> pdf using wkhtmltopdf.
> psql --html escapes html that I purposely enter into the select statement.
> (As I user I would like to be able to generate html in my select statements,
> even when using the html format output format)
>
> Example:
> Running psql --html
>
> select format('<a
> href="https://zammad.thuis.local#ticket/zoom/%s">%s</a>',t.number,t.number)
> as TicketID from tickets as t, users as u where t.owner_id=u.id and
> date(t.close_at) is null and t.owner_id=u.id order by t.close_at limit 1 ;
>
>
> <table border="1">
> <tr>
> <th align="center">ticketid</th>
> </tr>
> <tr valign="top">
> <td align="left">&lt;a
> href=&quot;https://zammad.thuis.local#ticket/zoom/85117&quot;&gt;85117&lt;/a&gt;</td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> <p>(1 row)<br />
> </p>
>
> Running psql without --html
>
> ticketid
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> <a href="https://zammad.thuis.local#ticket/zoom/85117">85117</a>
>
> Any and all help is highly appriciated.
> Kind regards,
> Jeroen Baten
> <jbaten(at)i2rs(dot)nl>
>
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