SET ESCAPE_STRING_WARNING

Issues a warning when a backslash is used in a string literal during the current .

Issues a warning when a backslash is used in a string literal during the current session.

Syntax

SET ESCAPE_STRING_WARNING TO { ON | OFF }

Parameters

ON
[Default] Issues a warning when a back slash is used in a string literal.

Tip: Organizations that have upgraded from earlier versions of Vertica can use this as a debugging tool for locating backslashes that used to be treated as escape characters, but are now treated as literals.

OFF
Ignores back slashes within string literals.

Privileges

None

Notes

  • This statement works under vsql only.

  • Turn off standard conforming strings before you turn on this parameter.

Examples

The following example shows how to turn OFF escape string warnings for the session.

=> SET ESCAPE_STRING_WARNING TO OFF;

See also