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POSTGRESQL BUG REPORT TEMPLATE
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Your name : Diab Jerius
Your email address : djerius@cfa.harvard.edu
Category : runtime: front-end
Severity : non-critical
Summary: missing commas in IN( ) ignored; bracketing entries ignored
System Configuration
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Operating System : Solaris 2.6
PostgreSQL version : 6.4.2
Compiler used : Sunpro cc
Hardware:
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Versions of other tools:
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gmake 3.71
flex 2.5.4
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Problem Description:
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In psql, if a list of entries in an IN ( ) statement is
split across several lines, missing commas are not flagged as errors,
but the entries immediately before and after the missing comma
are ignored
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Test Case:
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The following sql shows the problem. Note the missing comma between
the 'c' and 'd' lines in the IN( ) clause. The query
should return no rows.
drop table test;
create table test ( s text );
insert into test values ( 'a' );
insert into test values ( 'b' );
insert into test values ( 'c' );
insert into test values ( 'd' );
insert into test values ( 'e' );
select
s
from
test
where
s not in (
'a',
'b',
'c'
'd',
'e'
)
order by s
;
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Solution:
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