sorry for the noise ,previous response had my editor's formatting,just
resending without that formatting.
./psql postgres
Hi,
On Wed, Mar 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote:
> You can still create a database with these using "CREATE DATABASE" though.
> Shouldn't we should really be preventing that?
>
yes, solution 1 which I mentioned prevents these while we are using "CREATE
DATABASE".
/*
* Create a new database using the WAL_LOG strategy.
@@ -741,6 +742,13 @@ createdb(ParseState *pstate, const CreatedbStmt *stmt)
CreateDBStrategy dbstrategy = CREATEDB_WAL_LOG;
createdb_failure_params fparms;
+ /* Report error if dbname have newline or carriage return in name. */
+ if (is_name_contain_lfcr(dbname))
+ ereport(ERROR,
+ (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE)),
+ errmsg("database name contains a newline or carriage return character"),
+ errhint("newline or carriage return character is not allowed in database
name"));
+
psql (18devel)
Type "help" for help.
postgres=# create database "test
postgres"# lines";
ERROR: database name contains a newline or carriage return character
HINT: newline or carriage return character is not allowed in database name
Thanks and regards,
Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla,
EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
postgres=#\q
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