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Re: quoting psql varible as identifier

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Date: 2009-12-29T18:36:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
> so we cannot simply implement quote_ident on client side :(. So we
> have to use a real query.

> It is acceptable for you?

No, certainly not --- that adds a boatload of failure conditions.
Just quote it unconditionally.

			regards, tom lane