Re: How to escape string in Postgres?

Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
To: Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>, "pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-03-29T08:00:08Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Hi

ne 29. 3. 2026 v 9:21 odesílatel Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> napsal:

> Hi, Lauren’s,
>
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2026 at 11:56 PM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2026-03-28 at 23:08 -0700, Igor Korot wrote:
>> > In MS SQL server one can write a query like so
>> >
>> > SELECT a, b, c FROM [catalog].[schema].[table];
>> >
>> > What do I use in Postgres instead of []?
>>
>> Normally, you read the documentation.
>
>
> Agreed.
> However trying to google on “Postgres escaping query” didnt produce any
> links to the docs.
>

generally, your question is not related to escaping

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-IDENTIFIERS

Regards

Pavel


>
> Thx.
>
>
>>
>> Yours,
>> Laurenz Albe
>>
>