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Tom Lane
2006-10-22 03:03:41 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml,v 1.110 2006/10/21 17:12:07 tgl Exp $ -->
<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml,v 1.111 2006/10/22 03:03:41 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="sql-syntax">
<title>SQL Syntax</title>
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</para>
<para>
Quoted identifiers can contain any character other than a double
quote itself. (To include a double quote, write two double quotes.)
Quoted identifiers can contain any character, except the character
with code zero. (To include a double quote, write two double quotes.)
This allows constructing table or column names that would
otherwise not be possible, such as ones containing spaces or
ampersands. The length limitation still applies.
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<para>
Two string constants that are only separated by whitespace
<emphasis>with at least one newline</emphasis> are concatenated
and effectively treated as if the string had been written in one
and effectively treated as if the string had been written as one
constant. For example:
<programlisting>
SELECT 'foo'