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Subject BUG #15632: Correctly escaped strings are mishandled in function
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Msg-id 15632-d3748195ebf6f4cd@postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference:      15632
Logged by:          Kaleb Akalework
Email address:      kaleb.akalework@asg.com
PostgreSQL version: 11.1
Operating system:   Windows/Linux
Description:

I'm working on a Java app, and I used prepared statements to create a
function call to postgressql. The java database preparedstament method
correctly adds an additional quote to the existing single quote to escape.
And then I make the postgressql function call, and the function does not
execute because it removes the 2 single quotes and replaces it with one.
Here is the steps to reproduce it. 

1. preparestament stmt = .....
2. stmt.setString (3, " SOLD' ") 
3. stmt.execute();  (In the java code I see select * from
public.ModifyTopicValue('DEPT', 'SOLD', 'SOLD''') )  Notice how the last
parameter had the single quote escape by another single quote.

Inside my function I take these parameters and build a query like this 
 WITH upd AS (  UPDATE topic$_dept  SET topic_value =  'SOLD''   WHERE
topic_value = 'SOLD'  RETURNING 1 )  SELECT COUNT(*) FROM upd 


This will throw an error because inside the function SOLD'' is converted to
SOLD' (SET topic_value =  'SOLD'' ). Why is postgressql removing the
additional escape character that was passed in. I would have expected it be
used like this SET topic_value =  'SOLD'''  as it was passed in.


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