Re: Bug: psql misquotes constraints

It should be done, otherwise you cannot copy and paste foreign key 
creation code from the psql output :)

Chris

Bruce Momjian wrote:

> I can do that for 7.6.  Is it worth it?  Is it a TODO?
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> Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
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>>>As a result of the constraint output functions being shared between
>>>pg_dump and psql, some of the output is mis-quoted in the display area
>>>for columns including quotes. Notice it's correct in the table Column
>>>list, but the constraint has the escaped versions.
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>>It's misquoted because psql DOES NOT share the fmtId function with 
>>pg_dump.  It simply puts double quotes around it.  If you can fix psql 
>>so that it is able to link to the fmtId function, then you can easily 
>>fix the problem.
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>>Chris
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