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Diffstat (limited to 'src/fe_utils/string_utils.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/fe_utils/string_utils.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/fe_utils/string_utils.c b/src/fe_utils/string_utils.c index 9a1ea9ab98b..5b206c7481d 100644 --- a/src/fe_utils/string_utils.c +++ b/src/fe_utils/string_utils.c @@ -1062,10 +1062,16 @@ patternToSQLRegex(int encoding, PQExpBuffer dbnamebuf, PQExpBuffer schemabuf, * regexp errors. Outside quotes, however, let them pass through * as-is; this lets knowledgeable users build regexp expressions * that are more powerful than shell-style patterns. + * + * As an exception to that, though, always quote "[]", as that's + * much more likely to be an attempt to write an array type name + * than it is to be the start of a regexp bracket expression. */ if ((inquotes || force_escape) && strchr("|*+?()[]{}.^$\\", ch)) appendPQExpBufferChar(curbuf, '\\'); + else if (ch == '[' && cp[1] == ']') + appendPQExpBufferChar(curbuf, '\\'); i = PQmblen(cp, encoding); while (i-- && *cp) { |