Re: BUG #4446: Full text search cannot start with an apostrophe

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From: "Ryan Wallace" <rywall(at)interchange(dot)ubc(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: BUG #4446: Full text search cannot start with an apostrophe
Date: 2008-09-30 22:50:40
Message-ID: 200809302250.m8UMoe4P094551@wwwmaster.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 4446
Logged by: Ryan Wallace
Email address: rywall(at)interchange(dot)ubc(dot)ca
PostgreSQL version: 8.3.4
Operating system: Windows XP SP2
Description: Full text search cannot start with an apostrophe
Details:

A tsquery cannot be created if the first character is an apostrophe:

eg.
SELECT * FROM text_search_vectors WHERE
text_search_vector @@ to_tsquery('''ksan&panel')

Error Generated:
ERROR: syntax error in tsquery: "'ksan&panel"
SQL state: 42601


From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Ryan Wallace" <rywall(at)interchange(dot)ubc(dot)ca>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4446: Full text search cannot start with an apostrophe
Date: 2008-10-01 13:08:31
Message-ID: 8078.1222866511@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Ryan Wallace" <rywall(at)interchange(dot)ubc(dot)ca> writes:
> A tsquery cannot be created if the first character is an apostrophe:

> SELECT * FROM text_search_vectors WHERE
> text_search_vector @@ to_tsquery('''ksan&panel')

That's not a bug, that's you not following the syntax rules for lexemes.
You'd need something like $$'''ksan' & panel$$ to represent a lexeme
with a quote in it.

regards, tom lane