"Willy-Bas Loos" <willybas@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> A quote in the data might be real data or quoting, and you have no way to >> tell the difference. > It's not so bad, because a parameter of type name cannot start with a quote. Sure it can. regression=# select '"Fooey"'::name; name --------- "Fooey" (1 row) regression=# create table foo ( """Fooey""" int); CREATE TABLE regression=# \d foo Table "public.foo" Column | Type | Modifiers ---------+---------+----------- "Fooey" | integer | regression=# regards, tom lane