diff --git a/contrib/tablefunc/expected/tablefunc.out b/contrib/tablefunc/expected/tablefunc.out
index fffadc6..6a43906 100644
--- a/contrib/tablefunc/expected/tablefunc.out
+++ b/contrib/tablefunc/expected/tablefunc.out
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SELECT avg(normal_rand)::int FROM normal_rand(100, 250, 0.2);
 --
 CREATE TABLE ct(id int, rowclass text, rowid text, attribute text, val text);
 \copy ct from 'data/ct.data'
-SELECT * FROM crosstab2('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' and (attribute = ''att2'' or attribute = ''att3'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab2($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' and (attribute = 'att2' or attribute = 'att3') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 
 ----------+------------+------------
  test1    | val2       | val3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ SELECT * FROM crosstab2('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = '
           | val10      | val11
 (3 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab3('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' and (attribute = ''att2'' or attribute = ''att3'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab3($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' and (attribute = 'att2' or attribute = 'att3') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 | category_3 
 ----------+------------+------------+------------
  test1    | val2       | val3       | 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SELECT * FROM crosstab3('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = '
           | val10      | val11      | 
 (3 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab4('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' and (attribute = ''att2'' or attribute = ''att3'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab4($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' and (attribute = 'att2' or attribute = 'att3') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 | category_3 | category_4 
 ----------+------------+------------+------------+------------
  test1    | val2       | val3       |            | 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ SELECT * FROM crosstab4('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = '
           | val10      | val11      |            | 
 (3 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab2('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab2($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 
 ----------+------------+------------
  test1    | val1       | val2
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ SELECT * FROM crosstab2('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = '
           | val9       | val10
 (3 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab3('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab3($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 | category_3 
 ----------+------------+------------+------------
  test1    | val1       | val2       | val3
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ SELECT * FROM crosstab3('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = '
           | val9       | val10      | val11
 (3 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab4('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab4($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 | category_3 | category_4 
 ----------+------------+------------+------------+------------
  test1    | val1       | val2       | val3       | val4
@@ -62,49 +62,49 @@ SELECT * FROM crosstab4('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = '
           | val9       | val10      | val11      | val12
 (3 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab2('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' and (attribute = ''att1'' or attribute = ''att2'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab2($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' and (attribute = 'att1' or attribute = 'att2') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 
 ----------+------------+------------
  test3    | val1       | val2
  test4    | val4       | val5
 (2 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab3('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' and (attribute = ''att1'' or attribute = ''att2'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab3($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' and (attribute = 'att1' or attribute = 'att2') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 | category_3 
 ----------+------------+------------+------------
  test3    | val1       | val2       | 
  test4    | val4       | val5       | 
 (2 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab4('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' and (attribute = ''att1'' or attribute = ''att2'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab4($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' and (attribute = 'att1' or attribute = 'att2') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 | category_3 | category_4 
 ----------+------------+------------+------------+------------
  test3    | val1       | val2       |            | 
  test4    | val4       | val5       |            | 
 (2 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab2('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab2($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 
 ----------+------------+------------
  test3    | val1       | val2
  test4    | val4       | val5
 (2 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab3('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab3($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 | category_3 
 ----------+------------+------------+------------
  test3    | val1       | val2       | val3
  test4    | val4       | val5       | val6
 (2 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab4('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab4($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  row_name | category_1 | category_2 | category_3 | category_4 
 ----------+------------+------------+------------+------------
  test3    | val1       | val2       | val3       | 
  test4    | val4       | val5       | val6       | 
 (2 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;') AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$) AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text);
  rowid | att1 | att2  
 -------+------+-------
  test1 | val1 | val2
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ SELECT * FROM crosstab('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''
        | val9 | val10
 (3 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;') AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text, att3 text);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$) AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text, att3 text);
  rowid | att1 | att2  | att3  
 -------+------+-------+-------
  test1 | val1 | val2  | val3
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ SELECT * FROM crosstab('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''
        | val9 | val10 | val11
 (3 rows)
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;') AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text, att3 text, att4 text);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$) AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text, att3 text, att4 text);
  rowid | att1 | att2  | att3  | att4  
 -------+------+-------+-------+-------
  test1 | val1 | val2  | val3  | val4
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ CREATE FUNCTION crosstab_out(text,
 RETURNS setof record
 AS '$libdir/tablefunc','crosstab'
 LANGUAGE C STABLE STRICT;
-SELECT * FROM crosstab_out('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab_out($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
  rowid | att1 | att2  | att3  
 -------+------+-------+-------
  test1 | val1 | val2  | val3
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature int4, test_result text, test_start
 -- source query and category query out of sync
 SELECT * FROM crosstab(
   'SELECT rowid, rowdt, attribute, val FROM cth ORDER BY 1',
-  'SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth WHERE attribute IN (''temperature'',''test_result'',''test_startdate'') ORDER BY 1')
+  $$SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth WHERE attribute IN ('temperature','test_result','test_startdate') ORDER BY 1$$)
 AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature int4, test_result text, test_startdate timestamp);
  rowid |          rowdt           | temperature | test_result |      test_startdate      
 -------+--------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------------------
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature int4, test_result text, test_start
 -- if category query generates no rows, get expected error
 SELECT * FROM crosstab(
   'SELECT rowid, rowdt, attribute, val FROM cth ORDER BY 1',
-  'SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth WHERE attribute = ''a'' ORDER BY 1')
+  $$SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth WHERE attribute = 'a' ORDER BY 1$$)
 AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature int4, test_result text, test_startdate timestamp, volts float8);
 ERROR:  provided "categories" SQL must return 1 column of at least one row
 -- if category query generates more than one column, get expected error
diff --git a/contrib/tablefunc/sql/tablefunc.sql b/contrib/tablefunc/sql/tablefunc.sql
index ec375b0..f7d340b 100644
--- a/contrib/tablefunc/sql/tablefunc.sql
+++ b/contrib/tablefunc/sql/tablefunc.sql
@@ -12,25 +12,25 @@ SELECT avg(normal_rand)::int FROM normal_rand(100, 250, 0.2);
 CREATE TABLE ct(id int, rowclass text, rowid text, attribute text, val text);
 \copy ct from 'data/ct.data'
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab2('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' and (attribute = ''att2'' or attribute = ''att3'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
-SELECT * FROM crosstab3('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' and (attribute = ''att2'' or attribute = ''att3'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
-SELECT * FROM crosstab4('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' and (attribute = ''att2'' or attribute = ''att3'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab2($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' and (attribute = 'att2' or attribute = 'att3') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab3($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' and (attribute = 'att2' or attribute = 'att3') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab4($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' and (attribute = 'att2' or attribute = 'att3') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab2('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
-SELECT * FROM crosstab3('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
-SELECT * FROM crosstab4('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab2($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab3($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab4($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab2('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' and (attribute = ''att1'' or attribute = ''att2'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
-SELECT * FROM crosstab3('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' and (attribute = ''att1'' or attribute = ''att2'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
-SELECT * FROM crosstab4('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' and (attribute = ''att1'' or attribute = ''att2'') ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab2($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' and (attribute = 'att1' or attribute = 'att2') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab3($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' and (attribute = 'att1' or attribute = 'att2') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab4($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' and (attribute = 'att1' or attribute = 'att2') ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab2('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
-SELECT * FROM crosstab3('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
-SELECT * FROM crosstab4('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group2'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab2($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab3($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab4($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group2' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;') AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text);
-SELECT * FROM crosstab('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;') AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text, att3 text);
-SELECT * FROM crosstab('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;') AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text, att3 text, att4 text);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$) AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$) AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text, att3 text);
+SELECT * FROM crosstab($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$) AS c(rowid text, att1 text, att2 text, att3 text, att4 text);
 
 -- check it works with OUT parameters, too
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RETURNS setof record
 AS '$libdir/tablefunc','crosstab'
 LANGUAGE C STABLE STRICT;
 
-SELECT * FROM crosstab_out('SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = ''group1'' ORDER BY 1,2;');
+SELECT * FROM crosstab_out($$SELECT rowid, attribute, val FROM ct where rowclass = 'group1' ORDER BY 1,2;$$);
 
 --
 -- hash based crosstab
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature int4, test_result text, test_start
 -- source query and category query out of sync
 SELECT * FROM crosstab(
   'SELECT rowid, rowdt, attribute, val FROM cth ORDER BY 1',
-  'SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth WHERE attribute IN (''temperature'',''test_result'',''test_startdate'') ORDER BY 1')
+  $$SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth WHERE attribute IN ('temperature','test_result','test_startdate') ORDER BY 1$$)
 AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature int4, test_result text, test_startdate timestamp);
 
 -- if category query generates no rows, get expected error
 SELECT * FROM crosstab(
   'SELECT rowid, rowdt, attribute, val FROM cth ORDER BY 1',
-  'SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth WHERE attribute = ''a'' ORDER BY 1')
+  $$SELECT DISTINCT attribute FROM cth WHERE attribute = 'a' ORDER BY 1$$)
 AS c(rowid text, rowdt timestamp, temperature int4, test_result text, test_startdate timestamp, volts float8);
 
 -- if category query generates more than one column, get expected error