Re: How to reference a DB with a period in its name ?

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: David Gauthier <dfgpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to reference a DB with a period in its name ?
Date: 2024-03-29 21:21:35
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On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 2:20 PM David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 2:16 PM David Gauthier <dfgpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> I tried encapsulating the DB name in double quotes (no good)
>>
>
> This is what the documentation says you are supposed to do for non-simple
> identifiers so you need to show your work to understand where you went
> wrong.
>
>
Actually, you really aren't supposed to put the database name in there at
all; it's pointless since there is no ability to reference a database other
than the one you are connected to.

David J.

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