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michalk



Joined: 29 Aug 2014
Posts: 211

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Hello
I tried to define snippet for DO LANGUAGE construct as follows:

Code:
DO LANGUAGE $$
DECLARE

BEGIN
    |
END $$;


With following syntax SA fails with error:
Code:

Code 7, State 42601,    ERROR: syntax error at or near "|"; Error while executing the query
Executing user-defined query in line 1 ... Failed


If I remove pipe character, then get error:

Code:
Code 7, State 42601,    ERROR: syntax error at or near "END"; Error while executing the query
Executing user-defined query in line 1 ... Failed


After removing double-dollars, it works as expected.

PS. Tested in SQL Editor
Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:15 am View user's profile Send private message
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Joined: 26 Nov 2006
Posts: 7838

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$$..$$ is a special macro in that SQL Assistant uses in code snippets for executing custom SQL queries during macro execution. The results of the queries is dynamically expanded and inserted into the snippet code. So that is not a bug, it's a feature. Please see the documentation for more details.

If you need literal $ symbols in the code, you need to escape them, in your case you would use $^$^. There is an example in the documentation, see "Escaping $ Symbols in Snippet Codes"
Sat Nov 07, 2015 1:55 am View user's profile Send private message
michalk



Joined: 29 Aug 2014
Posts: 211

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Works like a charm. Thank you.
Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:51 am View user's profile Send private message
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