From e11f1677185b1427b697652f7bb4fb08b1b80077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 22:17:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document quote_ident and quote_literal in the main list of string functions, as suggested by Josh Berkus. --- doc/src/sgml/func.sgml | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml index 4c30789eff4..b32bcbaa82e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -1081,6 +1081,32 @@ PostgreSQL documentation SQL_ASCII + + quote_ident(string text) + text + + Returns the given string suitably quoted to be used as an identifier + in an SQL query string. + Quotes are added only if necessary (i.e., if the string contains + non-identifier characters or would be case-folded). + Embedded quotes are properly doubled. + + quote_ident('Foo') + "Foo" + + + + quote_literal(string text) + text + + Returns the given string suitably quoted to be used as a literal + in an SQL query string. + Embedded quotes and backslashes are properly doubled. + + quote_literal('O\'Reilly') + 'O''Reilly' + + repeat(text, integer) text