2010/1/16 Mathieu De Zutter <mathieu@dezutter.org>:
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Mathieu De Zutter
>> <mathieu@dezutter.org> wrote:
>>> shs-dev=# explain select * from parent where (c,n) = '("b",0)';
>>> ERROR: input of anonymous composite types is not implemented
>>
>> Shouldn't that be 'b' not "b" ?
>
> It is special syntax to avoid escapes:
>
> shs-dev=# select '("b",0)'::y;
> y
> -------
> (b,0)
>
To avoid escapes use E'string'.
In that case the ' will be include into the string, so it will be not more
1 char lenght.
Or something like this:
select ('(' || quote_literal('b') || ',0)')::y
> shs-dev=# select ('("b,",0)'::y).c;
> ERROR: value too long for type character(1)
> LINE 1: select ('("b,",0)'::y).c;
>
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