Re: Database name with semicolon

Hi

2018-06-27 15:22 GMT+02:00 Joby John <Joby(dot)John(at)nccgroup(dot)trust>:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> We have a windows application which communicate to Postgres database via
> PostgreSQL ODBC drivers for windows.
>
> One of our customers has a database with semicolon in its name (e.g.: “db;
> name”) and our application is failing to establish connection to that
> database saying like it could not find the database.
>
> We tried all known possibilities by enclosing the DB name under quotes,
> curly brackets etc. but none solved the problem.
>
>
>
> I wonder whether there is any possible way to achieve connection to such
> database. If not, probably it’s better not to support semicolons within the
> database name.
>
> Not sure whether I need to submit this query as a bug or not. Any help is
> much appreciated.
>

modern Postgresql has not any problems with special chars

postgres=# create database "bad name ;;;;";
CREATE DATABASE
postgres=# \q
[pavel(at)nemesis ~]$ psql 'bad name ;;;;'
psql (11beta1)
Type "help" for help.

bad name ;;;;=#

What is version of Postgres?

Did you try double quotes?

Regards

Pavel

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>
> Joby John
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