-- -- STRINGS -- Test various data entry syntaxes. -- -- SQL string continuation syntax -- E021-03 character string literals SELECT 'first line' ' - next line' ' - third line' AS "Three lines to one"; Three lines to one ------------------------------------- first line - next line - third line (1 row) -- illegal string continuation syntax SELECT 'first line' ' - next line' /* this comment is not allowed here */ ' - third line' AS "Illegal comment within continuation"; ERROR: syntax error at or near "' - third line'" LINE 3: ' - third line' ^ -- Unicode escapes SET standard_conforming_strings TO on; SELECT U&'d\0061t\+000061' AS U&"d\0061t\+000061"; data ------ data (1 row) SELECT U&'d!0061t\+000061' UESCAPE '!' AS U&"d*0061t\+000061" UESCAPE '*'; dat\+000061 ------------- dat\+000061 (1 row) SELECT U&'a\\b' AS "a\b"; a\b ----- a\b (1 row) SELECT U&' \' UESCAPE '!' AS "tricky"; tricky -------- \ (1 row) SELECT 'tricky' AS U&"\" UESCAPE '!'; \ -------- tricky (1 row) SELECT U&'wrong: \061'; ERROR: invalid Unicode escape LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: \061'; ^ HINT: Unicode escapes must be \XXXX or \+XXXXXX. SELECT U&'wrong: \+0061'; ERROR: invalid Unicode escape LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: \+0061'; ^ HINT: Unicode escapes must be \XXXX or \+XXXXXX. SELECT U&'wrong: +0061' UESCAPE +; ERROR: UESCAPE must be followed by a simple string literal at or near "+" LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: +0061' UESCAPE +; ^ SELECT U&'wrong: +0061' UESCAPE '+'; ERROR: invalid Unicode escape character at or near "'+'" LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: +0061' UESCAPE '+'; ^ SELECT U&'wrong: \db99'; ERROR: invalid Unicode surrogate pair LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: \db99'; ^ SELECT U&'wrong: \db99xy'; ERROR: invalid Unicode surrogate pair LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: \db99xy'; ^ SELECT U&'wrong: \db99\\'; ERROR: invalid Unicode surrogate pair LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: \db99\\'; ^ SELECT U&'wrong: \db99\0061'; ERROR: invalid Unicode surrogate pair LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: \db99\0061'; ^ SELECT U&'wrong: \+00db99\+000061'; ERROR: invalid Unicode surrogate pair LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: \+00db99\+000061'; ^ SELECT U&'wrong: \+2FFFFF'; ERROR: invalid Unicode escape value LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: \+2FFFFF'; ^ -- while we're here, check the same cases in E-style literals SELECT E'd\u0061t\U00000061' AS "data"; data ------ data (1 row) SELECT E'a\\b' AS "a\b"; a\b ----- a\b (1 row) SELECT E'wrong: \u061'; ERROR: invalid Unicode escape LINE 1: SELECT E'wrong: \u061'; ^ HINT: Unicode escapes must be \uXXXX or \UXXXXXXXX. SELECT E'wrong: \U0061'; ERROR: invalid Unicode escape LINE 1: SELECT E'wrong: \U0061'; ^ HINT: Unicode escapes must be \uXXXX or \UXXXXXXXX. SELECT E'wrong: \udb99'; ERROR: invalid Unicode surrogate pair at or near "'" LINE 1: SELECT E'wrong: \udb99'; ^ SELECT E'wrong: \udb99xy'; ERROR: invalid Unicode surrogate pair at or near "x" LINE 1: SELECT E'wrong: \udb99xy'; ^ SELECT E'wrong: \udb99\\'; ERROR: invalid Unicode surrogate pair at or near "\" LINE 1: SELECT E'wrong: \udb99\\'; ^ SELECT E'wrong: \udb99\u0061'; ERROR: invalid Unicode surrogate pair at or near "\u0061" LINE 1: SELECT E'wrong: \udb99\u0061'; ^ SELECT E'wrong: \U0000db99\U00000061'; ERROR: invalid Unicode surrogate pair at or near "\U00000061" LINE 1: SELECT E'wrong: \U0000db99\U00000061'; ^ SELECT E'wrong: \U002FFFFF'; ERROR: invalid Unicode escape value at or near "\U002FFFFF" LINE 1: SELECT E'wrong: \U002FFFFF'; ^ SET standard_conforming_strings TO off; SELECT U&'d\0061t\+000061' AS U&"d\0061t\+000061"; ERROR: unsafe use of string constant with Unicode escapes LINE 1: SELECT U&'d\0061t\+000061' AS U&"d\0061t\+000061"; ^ DETAIL: String constants with Unicode escapes cannot be used when standard_conforming_strings is off. SELECT U&'d!0061t\+000061' UESCAPE '!' AS U&"d*0061t\+000061" UESCAPE '*'; ERROR: unsafe use of string constant with Unicode escapes LINE 1: SELECT U&'d!0061t\+000061' UESCAPE '!' AS U&"d*0061t\+000061... ^ DETAIL: String constants with Unicode escapes cannot be used when standard_conforming_strings is off. SELECT U&' \' UESCAPE '!' AS "tricky"; ERROR: unsafe use of string constant with Unicode escapes LINE 1: SELECT U&' \' UESCAPE '!' AS "tricky"; ^ DETAIL: String constants with Unicode escapes cannot be used when standard_conforming_strings is off. SELECT 'tricky' AS U&"\" UESCAPE '!'; \ -------- tricky (1 row) SELECT U&'wrong: \061'; ERROR: unsafe use of string constant with Unicode escapes LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: \061'; ^ DETAIL: String constants with Unicode escapes cannot be used when standard_conforming_strings is off. SELECT U&'wrong: \+0061'; ERROR: unsafe use of string constant with Unicode escapes LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: \+0061'; ^ DETAIL: String constants with Unicode escapes cannot be used when standard_conforming_strings is off. SELECT U&'wrong: +0061' UESCAPE '+'; ERROR: unsafe use of string constant with Unicode escapes LINE 1: SELECT U&'wrong: +0061' UESCAPE '+'; ^ DETAIL: String constants with Unicode escapes cannot be used when standard_conforming_strings is off. RESET standard_conforming_strings; -- bytea SET bytea_output TO hex; SELECT E'\\xDeAdBeEf'::bytea; bytea ------------ \xdeadbeef (1 row) SELECT E'\\x De Ad Be Ef '::bytea; bytea ------------ \xdeadbeef (1 row) SELECT E'\\xDeAdBeE'::bytea; ERROR: invalid hexadecimal data: odd number of digits LINE 1: SELECT E'\\xDeAdBeE'::bytea; ^ SELECT E'\\xDeAdBeEx'::bytea; ERROR: invalid hexadecimal digit: "x" LINE 1: SELECT E'\\xDeAdBeEx'::bytea; ^ SELECT E'\\xDe00BeEf'::bytea; bytea ------------ \xde00beef (1 row) SELECT E'DeAdBeEf'::bytea; bytea -------------------- \x4465416442654566 (1 row) SELECT E'De\\000dBeEf'::bytea; bytea -------------------- \x4465006442654566 (1 row) SELECT E'De\123dBeEf'::bytea; bytea -------------------- \x4465536442654566 (1 row) SELECT E'De\\123dBeEf'::bytea; bytea -------------------- \x4465536442654566 (1 row) SELECT E'De\\678dBeEf'::bytea; ERROR: invalid input syntax for type bytea LINE 1: SELECT E'De\\678dBeEf'::bytea; ^ SET bytea_output TO escape; SELECT E'\\xDeAdBeEf'::bytea; bytea ------------------ \336\255\276\357 (1 row) SELECT E'\\x De Ad Be Ef '::bytea; bytea ------------------ \336\255\276\357 (1 row) SELECT E'\\xDe00BeEf'::bytea; bytea ------------------ \336\000\276\357 (1 row) SELECT E'DeAdBeEf'::bytea; bytea ---------- DeAdBeEf (1 row) SELECT E'De\\000dBeEf'::bytea; bytea ------------- De\000dBeEf (1 row) SELECT E'De\\123dBeEf'::bytea; bytea ---------- DeSdBeEf (1 row) -- -- test conversions between various string types -- E021-10 implicit casting among the character data types -- SELECT CAST(f1 AS text) AS "text(char)" FROM CHAR_TBL; text(char) ------------ a ab abcd abcd (4 rows) SELECT CAST(f1 AS text) AS "text(varchar)" FROM VARCHAR_TBL; text(varchar) --------------- a ab abcd abcd (4 rows) SELECT CAST(name 'namefield' AS text) AS "text(name)"; text(name) ------------ namefield (1 row) -- since this is an explicit cast, it should truncate w/o error: SELECT CAST(f1 AS char(10)) AS "char(text)" FROM TEXT_TBL; char(text) ------------ doh! hi de ho n (2 rows) -- note: implicit-cast case is tested in char.sql SELECT CAST(f1 AS char(20)) AS "char(text)" FROM TEXT_TBL; char(text) ---------------------- doh! hi de ho neighbor (2 rows) SELECT CAST(f1 AS char(10)) AS "char(varchar)" FROM VARCHAR_TBL; char(varchar) --------------- a ab abcd abcd (4 rows) SELECT CAST(name 'namefield' AS char(10)) AS "char(name)"; char(name) ------------ namefield (1 row) SELECT CAST(f1 AS varchar) AS "varchar(text)" FROM TEXT_TBL; varchar(text) ------------------- doh! hi de ho neighbor (2 rows) SELECT CAST(f1 AS varchar) AS "varchar(char)" FROM CHAR_TBL; varchar(char) --------------- a ab abcd abcd (4 rows) SELECT CAST(name 'namefield' AS varchar) AS "varchar(name)"; varchar(name) --------------- namefield (1 row) -- -- test SQL string functions -- E### and T### are feature reference numbers from SQL99 -- -- E021-09 trim function SELECT TRIM(BOTH FROM ' bunch o blanks ') = 'bunch o blanks' AS "bunch o blanks"; bunch o blanks ---------------- t (1 row) SELECT TRIM(LEADING FROM ' bunch o blanks ') = 'bunch o blanks ' AS "bunch o blanks "; bunch o blanks ------------------ t (1 row) SELECT TRIM(TRAILING FROM ' bunch o blanks ') = ' bunch o blanks' AS " bunch o blanks"; bunch o blanks ------------------ t (1 row) SELECT TRIM(BOTH 'x' FROM 'xxxxxsome Xsxxxxx') = 'some Xs' AS "some Xs"; some Xs --------- t (1 row) -- E021-06 substring expression SELECT SUBSTRING('1234567890' FROM 3) = '34567890' AS "34567890"; 34567890 ---------- t (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('1234567890' FROM 4 FOR 3) = '456' AS "456"; 456 ----- t (1 row) -- test overflow cases SELECT SUBSTRING('string' FROM 2 FOR 2147483646) AS "tring"; tring ------- tring (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('string' FROM -10 FOR 2147483646) AS "string"; string -------- string (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('string' FROM -10 FOR -2147483646) AS "error"; ERROR: negative substring length not allowed -- T581 regular expression substring (with SQL's bizarre regexp syntax) SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'a#"(b_d)#"%' FOR '#') AS "bcd"; bcd ----- bcd (1 row) -- No match should return NULL SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM '#"(b_d)#"%' FOR '#') IS NULL AS "True"; True ------ t (1 row) -- Null inputs should return NULL SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM '%' FOR NULL) IS NULL AS "True"; True ------ t (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING(NULL FROM '%' FOR '#') IS NULL AS "True"; True ------ t (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM NULL FOR '#') IS NULL AS "True"; True ------ t (1 row) -- The first and last parts should act non-greedy SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'a#"%#"g' FOR '#') AS "bcdef"; bcdef ------- bcdef (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'a*#"%#"g*' FOR '#') AS "abcdefg"; abcdefg --------- abcdefg (1 row) -- Vertical bar in any part affects only that part SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'a|b#"%#"g' FOR '#') AS "bcdef"; bcdef ------- bcdef (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'a#"%#"x|g' FOR '#') AS "bcdef"; bcdef ------- bcdef (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'a#"%|ab#"g' FOR '#') AS "bcdef"; bcdef ------- bcdef (1 row) -- Can't have more than two part separators SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'a*#"%#"g*#"x' FOR '#') AS "error"; ERROR: SQL regular expression may not contain more than two escape-double-quote separators CONTEXT: SQL function "substring" statement 1 -- Postgres extension: with 0 or 1 separator, assume parts 1 and 3 are empty SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'a#"%g' FOR '#') AS "bcdefg"; bcdefg -------- bcdefg (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'a%g' FOR '#') AS "abcdefg"; abcdefg --------- abcdefg (1 row) -- substring() with just two arguments is not allowed by SQL spec; -- we accept it, but we interpret the pattern as a POSIX regexp not SQL SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'c.e') AS "cde"; cde ----- cde (1 row) -- With a parenthesized subexpression, return only what matches the subexpr SELECT SUBSTRING('abcdefg' FROM 'b(.*)f') AS "cde"; cde ----- cde (1 row) -- Check behavior of SIMILAR TO, which uses largely the same regexp variant SELECT 'abcdefg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd%' AS true; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'abcdefg' SIMILAR TO 'bcd%' AS false; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'abcdefg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd#%' ESCAPE '#' AS false; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'abcd%' SIMILAR TO '_bcd#%' ESCAPE '#' AS true; true ------ t (1 row) -- Postgres uses '\' as the default escape character, which is not per spec SELECT 'abcdefg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd\%' AS false; false ------- f (1 row) -- and an empty string to mean "no escape", which is also not per spec SELECT 'abcd\efg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd\%' ESCAPE '' AS true; true ------ t (1 row) -- these behaviors are per spec, though: SELECT 'abcdefg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd%' ESCAPE NULL AS null; null ------ (1 row) SELECT 'abcdefg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd#%' ESCAPE '##' AS error; ERROR: invalid escape string HINT: Escape string must be empty or one character. -- Test back reference in regexp_replace SELECT regexp_replace('1112223333', E'(\\d{3})(\\d{3})(\\d{4})', E'(\\1) \\2-\\3'); regexp_replace ---------------- (111) 222-3333 (1 row) SELECT regexp_replace('AAA BBB CCC ', E'\\s+', ' ', 'g'); regexp_replace ---------------- AAA BBB CCC (1 row) SELECT regexp_replace('AAA', '^|$', 'Z', 'g'); regexp_replace ---------------- ZAAAZ (1 row) SELECT regexp_replace('AAA aaa', 'A+', 'Z', 'gi'); regexp_replace ---------------- Z Z (1 row) -- invalid regexp option SELECT regexp_replace('AAA aaa', 'A+', 'Z', 'z'); ERROR: invalid regular expression option: "z" -- set so we can tell NULL from empty string \pset null '\\N' -- return all matches from regexp SELECT regexp_matches('foobarbequebaz', $re$(bar)(beque)$re$); regexp_matches ---------------- {bar,beque} (1 row) -- test case insensitive SELECT regexp_matches('foObARbEqUEbAz', $re$(bar)(beque)$re$, 'i'); regexp_matches ---------------- {bAR,bEqUE} (1 row) -- global option - more than one match SELECT regexp_matches('foobarbequebazilbarfbonk', $re$(b[^b]+)(b[^b]+)$re$, 'g'); regexp_matches ---------------- {bar,beque} {bazil,barf} (2 rows) -- empty capture group (matched empty string) SELECT regexp_matches('foobarbequebaz', $re$(bar)(.*)(beque)$re$); regexp_matches ---------------- {bar,"",beque} (1 row) -- no match SELECT regexp_matches('foobarbequebaz', $re$(bar)(.+)(beque)$re$); regexp_matches ---------------- (0 rows) -- optional capture group did not match, null entry in array SELECT regexp_matches('foobarbequebaz', $re$(bar)(.+)?(beque)$re$); regexp_matches ------------------ {bar,NULL,beque} (1 row) -- no capture groups SELECT regexp_matches('foobarbequebaz', $re$barbeque$re$); regexp_matches ---------------- {barbeque} (1 row) -- start/end-of-line matches are of zero length SELECT regexp_matches('foo' || chr(10) || 'bar' || chr(10) || 'bequq' || chr(10) || 'baz', '^', 'mg'); regexp_matches ---------------- {""} {""} {""} {""} (4 rows) SELECT regexp_matches('foo' || chr(10) || 'bar' || chr(10) || 'bequq' || chr(10) || 'baz', '$', 'mg'); regexp_matches ---------------- {""} {""} {""} {""} (4 rows) SELECT regexp_matches('1' || chr(10) || '2' || chr(10) || '3' || chr(10) || '4' || chr(10), '^.?', 'mg'); regexp_matches ---------------- {1} {2} {3} {4} {""} (5 rows) SELECT regexp_matches(chr(10) || '1' || chr(10) || '2' || chr(10) || '3' || chr(10) || '4' || chr(10), '.?$', 'mg'); regexp_matches ---------------- {""} {1} {""} {2} {""} {3} {""} {4} {""} {""} (10 rows) SELECT regexp_matches(chr(10) || '1' || chr(10) || '2' || chr(10) || '3' || chr(10) || '4', '.?$', 'mg'); regexp_matches ---------------- {""} {1} {""} {2} {""} {3} {""} {4} {""} (9 rows) -- give me errors SELECT regexp_matches('foobarbequebaz', $re$(bar)(beque)$re$, 'gz'); ERROR: invalid regular expression option: "z" SELECT regexp_matches('foobarbequebaz', $re$(barbeque$re$); ERROR: invalid regular expression: parentheses () not balanced SELECT regexp_matches('foobarbequebaz', $re$(bar)(beque){2,1}$re$); ERROR: invalid regular expression: invalid repetition count(s) -- split string on regexp SELECT foo, length(foo) FROM regexp_split_to_table('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', $re$\s+$re$) AS foo; foo | length -------+-------- the | 3 quick | 5 brown | 5 fox | 3 jumps | 5 over | 4 the | 3 lazy | 4 dog | 3 (9 rows) SELECT regexp_split_to_array('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', $re$\s+$re$); regexp_split_to_array ----------------------------------------------- {the,quick,brown,fox,jumps,over,the,lazy,dog} (1 row) SELECT foo, length(foo) FROM regexp_split_to_table('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', $re$\s*$re$) AS foo; foo | length -----+-------- t | 1 h | 1 e | 1 q | 1 u | 1 i | 1 c | 1 k | 1 b | 1 r | 1 o | 1 w | 1 n | 1 f | 1 o | 1 x | 1 j | 1 u | 1 m | 1 p | 1 s | 1 o | 1 v | 1 e | 1 r | 1 t | 1 h | 1 e | 1 l | 1 a | 1 z | 1 y | 1 d | 1 o | 1 g | 1 (35 rows) SELECT regexp_split_to_array('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', $re$\s*$re$); regexp_split_to_array ------------------------------------------------------------------------- {t,h,e,q,u,i,c,k,b,r,o,w,n,f,o,x,j,u,m,p,s,o,v,e,r,t,h,e,l,a,z,y,d,o,g} (1 row) SELECT foo, length(foo) FROM regexp_split_to_table('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', '') AS foo; foo | length -----+-------- t | 1 h | 1 e | 1 | 1 q | 1 u | 1 i | 1 c | 1 k | 1 | 1 b | 1 r | 1 o | 1 w | 1 n | 1 | 1 f | 1 o | 1 x | 1 | 1 j | 1 u | 1 m | 1 p | 1 s | 1 | 1 o | 1 v | 1 e | 1 r | 1 | 1 t | 1 h | 1 e | 1 | 1 l | 1 a | 1 z | 1 y | 1 | 1 d | 1 o | 1 g | 1 (43 rows) SELECT regexp_split_to_array('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', ''); regexp_split_to_array --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- {t,h,e," ",q,u,i,c,k," ",b,r,o,w,n," ",f,o,x," ",j,u,m,p,s," ",o,v,e,r," ",t,h,e," ",l,a,z,y," ",d,o,g} (1 row) -- case insensitive SELECT foo, length(foo) FROM regexp_split_to_table('thE QUick bROWn FOx jUMPs ovEr The lazy dOG', 'e', 'i') AS foo; foo | length ---------------------------+-------- th | 2 QUick bROWn FOx jUMPs ov | 25 r Th | 4 lazy dOG | 9 (4 rows) SELECT regexp_split_to_array('thE QUick bROWn FOx jUMPs ovEr The lazy dOG', 'e', 'i'); regexp_split_to_array ----------------------------------------------------- {th," QUick bROWn FOx jUMPs ov","r Th"," lazy dOG"} (1 row) -- no match of pattern SELECT foo, length(foo) FROM regexp_split_to_table('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', 'nomatch') AS foo; foo | length ---------------------------------------------+-------- the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog | 43 (1 row) SELECT regexp_split_to_array('the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog', 'nomatch'); regexp_split_to_array ------------------------------------------------- {"the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"} (1 row) -- some corner cases SELECT regexp_split_to_array('123456','1'); regexp_split_to_array ----------------------- {"",23456} (1 row) SELECT regexp_split_to_array('123456','6'); regexp_split_to_array ----------------------- {12345,""} (1 row) SELECT regexp_split_to_array('123456','.'); regexp_split_to_array ------------------------ {"","","","","","",""} (1 row) SELECT regexp_split_to_array('123456',''); regexp_split_to_array ----------------------- {1,2,3,4,5,6} (1 row) SELECT regexp_split_to_array('123456','(?:)'); regexp_split_to_array ----------------------- {1,2,3,4,5,6} (1 row) SELECT regexp_split_to_array('1',''); regexp_split_to_array ----------------------- {1} (1 row) -- errors SELECT foo, length(foo) FROM regexp_split_to_table('thE QUick bROWn FOx jUMPs ovEr The lazy dOG', 'e', 'zippy') AS foo; ERROR: invalid regular expression option: "z" SELECT regexp_split_to_array('thE QUick bROWn FOx jUMPs ovEr The lazy dOG', 'e', 'iz'); ERROR: invalid regular expression option: "z" -- global option meaningless for regexp_split SELECT foo, length(foo) FROM regexp_split_to_table('thE QUick bROWn FOx jUMPs ovEr The lazy dOG', 'e', 'g') AS foo; ERROR: regexp_split_to_table() does not support the "global" option SELECT regexp_split_to_array('thE QUick bROWn FOx jUMPs ovEr The lazy dOG', 'e', 'g'); ERROR: regexp_split_to_array() does not support the "global" option -- change NULL-display back \pset null '' -- E021-11 position expression SELECT POSITION('4' IN '1234567890') = '4' AS "4"; 4 --- t (1 row) SELECT POSITION('5' IN '1234567890') = '5' AS "5"; 5 --- t (1 row) -- T312 character overlay function SELECT OVERLAY('abcdef' PLACING '45' FROM 4) AS "abc45f"; abc45f -------- abc45f (1 row) SELECT OVERLAY('yabadoo' PLACING 'daba' FROM 5) AS "yabadaba"; yabadaba ---------- yabadaba (1 row) SELECT OVERLAY('yabadoo' PLACING 'daba' FROM 5 FOR 0) AS "yabadabadoo"; yabadabadoo ------------- yabadabadoo (1 row) SELECT OVERLAY('babosa' PLACING 'ubb' FROM 2 FOR 4) AS "bubba"; bubba ------- bubba (1 row) -- -- test LIKE -- Be sure to form every test as a LIKE/NOT LIKE pair. -- -- simplest examples -- E061-04 like predicate SELECT 'hawkeye' LIKE 'h%' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' NOT LIKE 'h%' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' LIKE 'H%' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' NOT LIKE 'H%' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' LIKE 'indio%' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' NOT LIKE 'indio%' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' LIKE 'h%eye' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' NOT LIKE 'h%eye' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'indio' LIKE '_ndio' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'indio' NOT LIKE '_ndio' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'indio' LIKE 'in__o' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'indio' NOT LIKE 'in__o' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'indio' LIKE 'in_o' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'indio' NOT LIKE 'in_o' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) -- unused escape character SELECT 'hawkeye' LIKE 'h%' ESCAPE '#' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' NOT LIKE 'h%' ESCAPE '#' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'indio' LIKE 'ind_o' ESCAPE '$' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'indio' NOT LIKE 'ind_o' ESCAPE '$' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) -- escape character -- E061-05 like predicate with escape clause SELECT 'h%' LIKE 'h#%' ESCAPE '#' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'h%' NOT LIKE 'h#%' ESCAPE '#' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'h%wkeye' LIKE 'h#%' ESCAPE '#' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'h%wkeye' NOT LIKE 'h#%' ESCAPE '#' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'h%wkeye' LIKE 'h#%%' ESCAPE '#' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'h%wkeye' NOT LIKE 'h#%%' ESCAPE '#' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'h%awkeye' LIKE 'h#%a%k%e' ESCAPE '#' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'h%awkeye' NOT LIKE 'h#%a%k%e' ESCAPE '#' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'indio' LIKE '_ndio' ESCAPE '$' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'indio' NOT LIKE '_ndio' ESCAPE '$' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'i_dio' LIKE 'i$_d_o' ESCAPE '$' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'i_dio' NOT LIKE 'i$_d_o' ESCAPE '$' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'i_dio' LIKE 'i$_nd_o' ESCAPE '$' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'i_dio' NOT LIKE 'i$_nd_o' ESCAPE '$' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'i_dio' LIKE 'i$_d%o' ESCAPE '$' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'i_dio' NOT LIKE 'i$_d%o' ESCAPE '$' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) -- escape character same as pattern character SELECT 'maca' LIKE 'm%aca' ESCAPE '%' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'maca' NOT LIKE 'm%aca' ESCAPE '%' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'ma%a' LIKE 'm%a%%a' ESCAPE '%' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'ma%a' NOT LIKE 'm%a%%a' ESCAPE '%' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'bear' LIKE 'b_ear' ESCAPE '_' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'bear' NOT LIKE 'b_ear' ESCAPE '_' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'be_r' LIKE 'b_e__r' ESCAPE '_' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'be_r' NOT LIKE 'b_e__r' ESCAPE '_' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'be_r' LIKE '__e__r' ESCAPE '_' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'be_r' NOT LIKE '__e__r' ESCAPE '_' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) -- -- test ILIKE (case-insensitive LIKE) -- Be sure to form every test as an ILIKE/NOT ILIKE pair. -- SELECT 'hawkeye' ILIKE 'h%' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' NOT ILIKE 'h%' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' ILIKE 'H%' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' NOT ILIKE 'H%' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' ILIKE 'H%Eye' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'hawkeye' NOT ILIKE 'H%Eye' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) SELECT 'Hawkeye' ILIKE 'h%' AS "true"; true ------ t (1 row) SELECT 'Hawkeye' NOT ILIKE 'h%' AS "false"; false ------- f (1 row) -- -- test %/_ combination cases, cf bugs #4821 and #5478 -- SELECT 'foo' LIKE '_%' as t, 'f' LIKE '_%' as t, '' LIKE '_%' as f; t | t | f ---+---+--- t | t | f (1 row) SELECT 'foo' LIKE '%_' as t, 'f' LIKE '%_' as t, '' LIKE '%_' as f; t | t | f ---+---+--- t | t | f (1 row) SELECT 'foo' LIKE '__%' as t, 'foo' LIKE '___%' as t, 'foo' LIKE '____%' as f; t | t | f ---+---+--- t | t | f (1 row) SELECT 'foo' LIKE '%__' as t, 'foo' LIKE '%___' as t, 'foo' LIKE '%____' as f; t | t | f ---+---+--- t | t | f (1 row) SELECT 'jack' LIKE '%____%' AS t; t --- t (1 row) -- -- basic tests of LIKE with indexes -- CREATE TABLE texttest (a text PRIMARY KEY, b int); SELECT * FROM texttest WHERE a LIKE '%1%'; a | b ---+--- (0 rows) CREATE TABLE byteatest (a bytea PRIMARY KEY, b int); SELECT * FROM byteatest WHERE a LIKE '%1%'; a | b ---+--- (0 rows) DROP TABLE texttest, byteatest; -- -- test implicit type conversion -- -- E021-07 character concatenation SELECT 'unknown' || ' and unknown' AS "Concat unknown types"; Concat unknown types ---------------------- unknown and unknown (1 row) SELECT text 'text' || ' and unknown' AS "Concat text to unknown type"; Concat text to unknown type ----------------------------- text and unknown (1 row) SELECT char(20) 'characters' || ' and text' AS "Concat char to unknown type"; Concat char to unknown type ----------------------------- characters and text (1 row) SELECT text 'text' || char(20) ' and characters' AS "Concat text to char"; Concat text to char --------------------- text and characters (1 row) SELECT text 'text' || varchar ' and varchar' AS "Concat text to varchar"; Concat text to varchar ------------------------ text and varchar (1 row) -- -- test substr with toasted text values -- CREATE TABLE toasttest(f1 text); insert into toasttest values(repeat('1234567890',10000)); insert into toasttest values(repeat('1234567890',10000)); -- -- Ensure that some values are uncompressed, to test the faster substring -- operation used in that case -- alter table toasttest alter column f1 set storage external; insert into toasttest values(repeat('1234567890',10000)); insert into toasttest values(repeat('1234567890',10000)); -- If the starting position is zero or less, then return from the start of the string -- adjusting the length to be consistent with the "negative start" per SQL. SELECT substr(f1, -1, 5) from toasttest; substr -------- 123 123 123 123 (4 rows) -- If the length is less than zero, an ERROR is thrown. SELECT substr(f1, 5, -1) from toasttest; ERROR: negative substring length not allowed -- If no third argument (length) is provided, the length to the end of the -- string is assumed. SELECT substr(f1, 99995) from toasttest; substr -------- 567890 567890 567890 567890 (4 rows) -- If start plus length is > string length, the result is truncated to -- string length SELECT substr(f1, 99995, 10) from toasttest; substr -------- 567890 567890 567890 567890 (4 rows) TRUNCATE TABLE toasttest; INSERT INTO toasttest values (repeat('1234567890',300)); INSERT INTO toasttest values (repeat('1234567890',300)); INSERT INTO toasttest values (repeat('1234567890',300)); INSERT INTO toasttest values (repeat('1234567890',300)); -- expect >0 blocks SELECT pg_relation_size(reltoastrelid) = 0 AS is_empty FROM pg_class where relname = 'toasttest'; is_empty ---------- f (1 row) TRUNCATE TABLE toasttest; ALTER TABLE toasttest set (toast_tuple_target = 4080); INSERT INTO toasttest values (repeat('1234567890',300)); INSERT INTO toasttest values (repeat('1234567890',300)); INSERT INTO toasttest values (repeat('1234567890',300)); INSERT INTO toasttest values (repeat('1234567890',300)); -- expect 0 blocks SELECT pg_relation_size(reltoastrelid) = 0 AS is_empty FROM pg_class where relname = 'toasttest'; is_empty ---------- t (1 row) DROP TABLE toasttest; -- -- test substr with toasted bytea values -- CREATE TABLE toasttest(f1 bytea); insert into toasttest values(decode(repeat('1234567890',10000),'escape')); insert into toasttest values(decode(repeat('1234567890',10000),'escape')); -- -- Ensure that some values are uncompressed, to test the faster substring -- operation used in that case -- alter table toasttest alter column f1 set storage external; insert into toasttest values(decode(repeat('1234567890',10000),'escape')); insert into toasttest values(decode(repeat('1234567890',10000),'escape')); -- If the starting position is zero or less, then return from the start of the string -- adjusting the length to be consistent with the "negative start" per SQL. SELECT substr(f1, -1, 5) from toasttest; substr -------- 123 123 123 123 (4 rows) -- If the length is less than zero, an ERROR is thrown. SELECT substr(f1, 5, -1) from toasttest; ERROR: negative substring length not allowed -- If no third argument (length) is provided, the length to the end of the -- string is assumed. SELECT substr(f1, 99995) from toasttest; substr -------- 567890 567890 567890 567890 (4 rows) -- If start plus length is > string length, the result is truncated to -- string length SELECT substr(f1, 99995, 10) from toasttest; substr -------- 567890 567890 567890 567890 (4 rows) DROP TABLE toasttest; -- test internally compressing datums -- this tests compressing a datum to a very small size which exercises a -- corner case in packed-varlena handling: even though small, the compressed -- datum must be given a 4-byte header because there are no bits to indicate -- compression in a 1-byte header CREATE TABLE toasttest (c char(4096)); INSERT INTO toasttest VALUES('x'); SELECT length(c), c::text FROM toasttest; length | c --------+--- 1 | x (1 row) SELECT c FROM toasttest; c ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ x (1 row) DROP TABLE toasttest; -- -- test length -- SELECT length('abcdef') AS "length_6"; length_6 ---------- 6 (1 row) -- -- test strpos -- SELECT strpos('abcdef', 'cd') AS "pos_3"; pos_3 ------- 3 (1 row) SELECT strpos('abcdef', 'xy') AS "pos_0"; pos_0 ------- 0 (1 row) SELECT strpos('abcdef', '') AS "pos_1"; pos_1 ------- 1 (1 row) SELECT strpos('', 'xy') AS "pos_0"; pos_0 ------- 0 (1 row) SELECT strpos('', '') AS "pos_1"; pos_1 ------- 1 (1 row) -- -- test replace -- SELECT replace('abcdef', 'de', '45') AS "abc45f"; abc45f -------- abc45f (1 row) SELECT replace('yabadabadoo', 'ba', '123') AS "ya123da123doo"; ya123da123doo --------------- ya123da123doo (1 row) SELECT replace('yabadoo', 'bad', '') AS "yaoo"; yaoo ------ yaoo (1 row) -- -- test split_part -- select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',0) AS "an error"; ERROR: field position must be greater than zero select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',1) AS "joeuser"; joeuser --------- joeuser (1 row) select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',2) AS "mydatabase"; mydatabase ------------ mydatabase (1 row) select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',3) AS "empty string"; empty string -------------- (1 row) select split_part('@joeuser@mydatabase@','@',2) AS "joeuser"; joeuser --------- joeuser (1 row) -- -- test to_hex -- select to_hex(256*256*256 - 1) AS "ffffff"; ffffff -------- ffffff (1 row) select to_hex(256::bigint*256::bigint*256::bigint*256::bigint - 1) AS "ffffffff"; ffffffff ---------- ffffffff (1 row) -- -- MD5 test suite - from IETF RFC 1321 -- (see: ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1321.txt) -- select md5('') = 'd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('a') = '0cc175b9c0f1b6a831c399e269772661' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('abc') = '900150983cd24fb0d6963f7d28e17f72' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('message digest') = 'f96b697d7cb7938d525a2f31aaf161d0' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz') = 'c3fcd3d76192e4007dfb496cca67e13b' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789') = 'd174ab98d277d9f5a5611c2c9f419d9f' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890') = '57edf4a22be3c955ac49da2e2107b67a' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5(''::bytea) = 'd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('a'::bytea) = '0cc175b9c0f1b6a831c399e269772661' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('abc'::bytea) = '900150983cd24fb0d6963f7d28e17f72' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('message digest'::bytea) = 'f96b697d7cb7938d525a2f31aaf161d0' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'::bytea) = 'c3fcd3d76192e4007dfb496cca67e13b' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'::bytea) = 'd174ab98d277d9f5a5611c2c9f419d9f' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) select md5('12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890'::bytea) = '57edf4a22be3c955ac49da2e2107b67a' AS "TRUE"; TRUE ------ t (1 row) -- -- SHA-2 -- SET bytea_output TO hex; SELECT sha224(''); sha224 ------------------------------------------------------------ \xd14a028c2a3a2bc9476102bb288234c415a2b01f828ea62ac5b3e42f (1 row) SELECT sha224('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'); sha224 ------------------------------------------------------------ \x619cba8e8e05826e9b8c519c0a5c68f4fb653e8a3d8aa04bb2c8cd4c (1 row) SELECT sha256(''); sha256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- \xe3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855 (1 row) SELECT sha256('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'); sha256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- \xef537f25c895bfa782526529a9b63d97aa631564d5d789c2b765448c8635fb6c (1 row) SELECT sha384(''); sha384 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \x38b060a751ac96384cd9327eb1b1e36a21fdb71114be07434c0cc7bf63f6e1da274edebfe76f65fbd51ad2f14898b95b (1 row) SELECT sha384('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'); sha384 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \xed892481d8272ca6df370bf706e4d7bc1b5739fa2177aae6c50e946678718fc67a7af2819a021c2fc34e91bdb63409d7 (1 row) SELECT sha512(''); sha512 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \xcf83e1357eefb8bdf1542850d66d8007d620e4050b5715dc83f4a921d36ce9ce47d0d13c5d85f2b0ff8318d2877eec2f63b931bd47417a81a538327af927da3e (1 row) SELECT sha512('The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'); sha512 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \x91ea1245f20d46ae9a037a989f54f1f790f0a47607eeb8a14d12890cea77a1bbc6c7ed9cf205e67b7f2b8fd4c7dfd3a7a8617e45f3c463d481c7e586c39ac1ed (1 row) -- -- encode/decode -- SELECT encode('\x1234567890abcdef00', 'hex'); encode -------------------- 1234567890abcdef00 (1 row) SELECT decode('1234567890abcdef00', 'hex'); decode ---------------------- \x1234567890abcdef00 (1 row) SELECT encode(('\x' || repeat('1234567890abcdef0001', 7))::bytea, 'base64'); encode ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EjRWeJCrze8AARI0VniQq83vAAESNFZ4kKvN7wABEjRWeJCrze8AARI0VniQq83vAAESNFZ4kKvN+ 7wABEjRWeJCrze8AAQ== (1 row) SELECT decode(encode(('\x' || repeat('1234567890abcdef0001', 7))::bytea, 'base64'), 'base64'); decode ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \x1234567890abcdef00011234567890abcdef00011234567890abcdef00011234567890abcdef00011234567890abcdef00011234567890abcdef00011234567890abcdef0001 (1 row) SELECT encode('\x1234567890abcdef00', 'escape'); encode ----------------------------- \x124Vx\220\253\315\357\000 (1 row) SELECT decode(encode('\x1234567890abcdef00', 'escape'), 'escape'); decode ---------------------- \x1234567890abcdef00 (1 row) -- -- get_bit/set_bit etc -- SELECT get_bit('\x1234567890abcdef00'::bytea, 43); get_bit --------- 1 (1 row) SELECT get_bit('\x1234567890abcdef00'::bytea, 99); -- error ERROR: index 99 out of valid range, 0..71 SELECT set_bit('\x1234567890abcdef00'::bytea, 43, 0); set_bit ---------------------- \x1234567890a3cdef00 (1 row) SELECT set_bit('\x1234567890abcdef00'::bytea, 99, 0); -- error ERROR: index 99 out of valid range, 0..71 SELECT get_byte('\x1234567890abcdef00'::bytea, 3); get_byte ---------- 120 (1 row) SELECT get_byte('\x1234567890abcdef00'::bytea, 99); -- error ERROR: index 99 out of valid range, 0..8 SELECT set_byte('\x1234567890abcdef00'::bytea, 7, 11); set_byte ---------------------- \x1234567890abcd0b00 (1 row) SELECT set_byte('\x1234567890abcdef00'::bytea, 99, 11); -- error ERROR: index 99 out of valid range, 0..8 -- -- test behavior of escape_string_warning and standard_conforming_strings options -- set escape_string_warning = off; set standard_conforming_strings = off; show escape_string_warning; escape_string_warning ----------------------- off (1 row) show standard_conforming_strings; standard_conforming_strings ----------------------------- off (1 row) set escape_string_warning = on; set standard_conforming_strings = on; show escape_string_warning; escape_string_warning ----------------------- on (1 row) show standard_conforming_strings; standard_conforming_strings ----------------------------- on (1 row) select 'a\bcd' as f1, 'a\b''cd' as f2, 'a\b''''cd' as f3, 'abcd\' as f4, 'ab\''cd' as f5, '\\' as f6; f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | f5 | f6 -------+--------+---------+-------+--------+---- a\bcd | a\b'cd | a\b''cd | abcd\ | ab\'cd | \\ (1 row) set standard_conforming_strings = off; select 'a\\bcd' as f1, 'a\\b\'cd' as f2, 'a\\b\'''cd' as f3, 'abcd\\' as f4, 'ab\\\'cd' as f5, '\\\\' as f6; WARNING: nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal LINE 1: select 'a\\bcd' as f1, 'a\\b\'cd' as f2, 'a\\b\'''cd' as f3,... ^ HINT: Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'. WARNING: nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal LINE 1: select 'a\\bcd' as f1, 'a\\b\'cd' as f2, 'a\\b\'''cd' as f3,... ^ HINT: Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'. WARNING: nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal LINE 1: select 'a\\bcd' as f1, 'a\\b\'cd' as f2, 'a\\b\'''cd' as f3,... ^ HINT: Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'. WARNING: nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal LINE 1: ...bcd' as f1, 'a\\b\'cd' as f2, 'a\\b\'''cd' as f3, 'abcd\\' ... ^ HINT: Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'. WARNING: nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal LINE 1: ...'cd' as f2, 'a\\b\'''cd' as f3, 'abcd\\' as f4, 'ab\\\'cd'... ^ HINT: Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'. WARNING: nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal LINE 1: ...'''cd' as f3, 'abcd\\' as f4, 'ab\\\'cd' as f5, '\\\\' as ... ^ HINT: Use the escape string syntax for backslashes, e.g., E'\\'. f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | f5 | f6 -------+--------+---------+-------+--------+---- a\bcd | a\b'cd | a\b''cd | abcd\ | ab\'cd | \\ (1 row) set escape_string_warning = off; set standard_conforming_strings = on; select 'a\bcd' as f1, 'a\b''cd' as f2, 'a\b''''cd' as f3, 'abcd\' as f4, 'ab\''cd' as f5, '\\' as f6; f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | f5 | f6 -------+--------+---------+-------+--------+---- a\bcd | a\b'cd | a\b''cd | abcd\ | ab\'cd | \\ (1 row) set standard_conforming_strings = off; select 'a\\bcd' as f1, 'a\\b\'cd' as f2, 'a\\b\'''cd' as f3, 'abcd\\' as f4, 'ab\\\'cd' as f5, '\\\\' as f6; f1 | f2 | f3 | f4 | f5 | f6 -------+--------+---------+-------+--------+---- a\bcd | a\b'cd | a\b''cd | abcd\ | ab\'cd | \\ (1 row) -- -- Additional string functions -- SET bytea_output TO escape; SELECT initcap('hi THOMAS'); initcap ----------- Hi Thomas (1 row) SELECT lpad('hi', 5, 'xy'); lpad ------- xyxhi (1 row) SELECT lpad('hi', 5); lpad ------- hi (1 row) SELECT lpad('hi', -5, 'xy'); lpad ------ (1 row) SELECT lpad('hello', 2); lpad ------ he (1 row) SELECT lpad('hi', 5, ''); lpad ------ hi (1 row) SELECT rpad('hi', 5, 'xy'); rpad ------- hixyx (1 row) SELECT rpad('hi', 5); rpad ------- hi (1 row) SELECT rpad('hi', -5, 'xy'); rpad ------ (1 row) SELECT rpad('hello', 2); rpad ------ he (1 row) SELECT rpad('hi', 5, ''); rpad ------ hi (1 row) SELECT ltrim('zzzytrim', 'xyz'); ltrim ------- trim (1 row) SELECT translate('', '14', 'ax'); translate ----------- (1 row) SELECT translate('12345', '14', 'ax'); translate ----------- a23x5 (1 row) SELECT ascii('x'); ascii ------- 120 (1 row) SELECT ascii(''); ascii ------- 0 (1 row) SELECT chr(65); chr ----- A (1 row) SELECT chr(0); ERROR: null character not permitted SELECT repeat('Pg', 4); repeat ---------- PgPgPgPg (1 row) SELECT repeat('Pg', -4); repeat -------- (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('1234567890'::bytea FROM 3) "34567890"; 34567890 ---------- 34567890 (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('1234567890'::bytea FROM 4 FOR 3) AS "456"; 456 ----- 456 (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('string'::bytea FROM 2 FOR 2147483646) AS "tring"; tring ------- tring (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('string'::bytea FROM -10 FOR 2147483646) AS "string"; string -------- string (1 row) SELECT SUBSTRING('string'::bytea FROM -10 FOR -2147483646) AS "error"; ERROR: negative substring length not allowed SELECT trim(E'\\000'::bytea from E'\\000Tom\\000'::bytea); btrim ------- Tom (1 row) SELECT btrim(E'\\000trim\\000'::bytea, E'\\000'::bytea); btrim ------- trim (1 row) SELECT btrim(''::bytea, E'\\000'::bytea); btrim ------- (1 row) SELECT btrim(E'\\000trim\\000'::bytea, ''::bytea); btrim -------------- \000trim\000 (1 row) SELECT encode(overlay(E'Th\\000omas'::bytea placing E'Th\\001omas'::bytea from 2),'escape'); encode ------------- TTh\x01omas (1 row) SELECT encode(overlay(E'Th\\000omas'::bytea placing E'\\002\\003'::bytea from 8),'escape'); encode -------------------- Th\000omas\x02\x03 (1 row) SELECT encode(overlay(E'Th\\000omas'::bytea placing E'\\002\\003'::bytea from 5 for 3),'escape'); encode ----------------- Th\000o\x02\x03 (1 row)