Re: Username with a hyphen character (grant failing?)

Sean Chittenden <sean-pgsql-general@chittenden.org> writes:

> > >     What's the scoop with username constraints?  I setup and
> > > created a user with a '-' character in the middle (worked).
> >
> > Double quotes are your friend when dealing with names that don't
> > follow the usual constraints for identifiers.
>
>     Are single quotes treated differently than double?  I tried
> single, but didn't have any luck...  -sc

Yes.  Single quotes are for strings; double quotes are for
identifiers.

-Doug
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