[teiid-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (TEIID-3691) Add ability to set escape tokens within literals

[Don Krapohl (JIRA)]

Don Krapohl created TEIID-3691:
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             Summary: Add ability to set escape tokens within literals
                 Key: TEIID-3691
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/TEIID-3691
             Project: Teiid
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Query Engine
            Reporter: Don Krapohl
            Assignee: Steven Hawkins


A mismatch of escape sequences exists between Teiid and some databases (Impala for sure).  Teiid uses doubled up quotes for single/double whereas some databases expect C-style escapes like \' or \".  When string literals are pushed down they fail to parse on the underlying database using Teiid's escapes.

Teiid uses multiple quotes to escape a single within a string literal.  Example would be searching for the string literal Haggley's within single quotes.  In Teiid the parser will fail with a parser error using any of these options:
* Surround with double quotes ("Haggley's")
* Escape with C-style escape ('Haggley\'s')

Making the query parse in Teiid the filter value would be 'Haggley''s'.  When pushed down into the database this is not valid syntax and should be translated as 'Haggley\'s' or other escape sequence as appropriate to the underlying data store.



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