-- -- NAME -- all inputs are silently truncated at NAMEDATALEN-1 (63) characters -- -- fixed-length by reference SELECT name 'name string' = name 'name string' AS "True"; True ------ t (1 row) SELECT name 'name string' = name 'name string ' AS "False"; False ------- f (1 row) -- -- -- CREATE TABLE NAME_TBL(f1 name); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqr'); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('asdfghjkl;'); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('343f%2a'); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('d34aaasdf'); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES (''); INSERT INTO NAME_TBL(f1) VALUES ('1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'); SELECT * FROM NAME_TBL; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq asdfghjkl; 343f%2a d34aaasdf 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (7 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 <> '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq asdfghjkl; 343f%2a d34aaasdf (5 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 = '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (2 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 < '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ---- (1 row) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 <= '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (3 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 > '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq asdfghjkl; 343f%2a d34aaasdf (4 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 >= '1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq asdfghjkl; 343f%2a d34aaasdf 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (6 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 ~ '.*'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq asdfghjkl; 343f%2a d34aaasdf 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (7 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 !~ '.*'; f1 ---- (0 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 ~ '[0-9]'; f1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ 1234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890abcdefghijklmnopq 343f%2a d34aaasdf 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ (5 rows) SELECT c.f1 FROM NAME_TBL c WHERE c.f1 ~ '.*asdf.*'; f1 ------------ asdfghjkl; d34aaasdf (2 rows) DROP TABLE NAME_TBL; DO $$ DECLARE r text[]; BEGIN r := parse_ident('Schemax.Tabley'); RAISE NOTICE '%', format('%I.%I', r[1], r[2]); r := parse_ident('"SchemaX"."TableY"'); RAISE NOTICE '%', format('%I.%I', r[1], r[2]); END; $$; NOTICE: schemax.tabley NOTICE: "SchemaX"."TableY" SELECT parse_ident('foo.boo'); parse_ident ------------- {foo,boo} (1 row) SELECT parse_ident('foo.boo[]'); -- should fail ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: "foo.boo[]" SELECT parse_ident('foo.boo[]', strict => false); -- ok parse_ident ------------- {foo,boo} (1 row) -- should fail SELECT parse_ident(' '); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: " " SELECT parse_ident(' .aaa'); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: " .aaa" DETAIL: No valid identifier before ".". SELECT parse_ident(' aaa . '); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: " aaa . " DETAIL: No valid identifier after ".". SELECT parse_ident('aaa.a%b'); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: "aaa.a%b" SELECT parse_ident(E'X\rXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: "X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" SELECT length(a[1]), length(a[2]) from parse_ident('"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx".yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy') as a ; length | length --------+-------- 414 | 289 (1 row) SELECT parse_ident(' first . " second " ." third ". " ' || repeat('x',66) || '"'); parse_ident ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- {first," second "," third "," xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"} (1 row) SELECT parse_ident(' first . " second " ." third ". " ' || repeat('x',66) || '"')::name[]; parse_ident ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {first," second "," third "," xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"} (1 row) SELECT parse_ident(E'"c".X XXXX\002XXXXXX'); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: ""c".X XXXXXXXXXX" SELECT parse_ident('1020'); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: "1020" SELECT parse_ident('10.20'); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: "10.20" SELECT parse_ident('.'); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: "." DETAIL: No valid identifier before ".". SELECT parse_ident('.1020'); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: ".1020" DETAIL: No valid identifier before ".". SELECT parse_ident('xxx.1020'); ERROR: string is not a valid identifier: "xxx.1020" DETAIL: No valid identifier after ".".