RE: EXTERNAL: Re: Database name with semicolon

[Joby John <Joby.John@nccgroup.trust>]

Hi Pavel,

 

Thanks for coming back to me.

 

The version of the Postgres server where I am trying is: 9.5.3

Yes, I tried putting the database name in double quotes with no luck.

Please note we are using PostgreSQL Unicode ODBC driver (version 10.2) to communicate with the server.

 

Regards,

Joby John

 

From: Pavel Stehule [mailto:pavel.stehule@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 27 June 2018 15:26
To: Joby John <Joby.John@nccgroup.trust>
Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Database name with semicolon

 

Hi

 

2018-06-27 15:22 GMT+02:00 Joby John <Joby.John@nccgroup.trust>:

Hi,

 

We have a windows application which communicate to Postgres database via PostgreSQL ODBC drivers for windows.

One of our customers has a database with semicolon in its name (e.g.: “db; name”) and our application is failing to establish connection to that database saying like it could not find the database.

We tried all known possibilities by enclosing the DB name under quotes, curly brackets etc. but none solved the problem.

 

I wonder whether there is any possible way to achieve connection to such database. If not, probably it’s better not to support semicolons within the database name.

Not sure whether I need to submit this query as a bug or not. Any help is much appreciated.

 

modern Postgresql has not any problems with special chars

 

postgres=# create database "bad name ;;;;";
CREATE DATABASE
postgres=# \q
[pavel@nemesis ~]$ psql 'bad name ;;;;'
psql (11beta1)
Type "help" for help.

bad name ;;;;=#

 

What is version of Postgres?

 

Did you try double quotes?

 

Regards

 

Pavel

 

 

 

Thanks and Regards,

Joby John

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