Re: ⚠ Re: Bug in JDBC.driver CopyManager method wh en copying json output

My point is that this is what the driver gets back so there is little we
can do.

On Sat, Oct 20, 2018, 10:25 AM Stadlmann, Gerson, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello,
> Even your sample clearly shows duplication of escape characters.
> My backend was a test program to show the issue clearly.
>
>  I solved it for my use-case using csv format instead of text.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Gerson
> Am 20.10.2018 um 15:44 schrieb Dave Cramer <[email protected]>:
>
> ⚠ This email originated from outside of Brambles.
> I suggest this is a backend problem...
>
> This is done with psql...
>
> select to_json('my name is \"rabbit\"'::text);
>            to_json
> -----------------------------
>  "my name is \\\"rabbit\\\""
> (1 row)
>
> test=# COPY (select to_json('my name is \"rabbit\"'::text)) TO STDOUT WITH
> NULL AS ''";
> test"#
> test=# COPY (select to_json('my name is \"rabbit\"'::text)) TO STDOUT WITH
> NULL AS '';
> "my name is \\\\\\"rabbit\\\\\\""
>
>
> Dave Cramer
>
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> On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 at 10:12, Stadlmann, Gerson <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear JDBC-Devs,
>>
>> i think i found an escaping bug that causes duplicate escaping with
>> backslash when using jdbc drivers CopyManager with JSON results.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Sample Query:*
>>
>> select to_json( 'my name is "rabbit"'::text);
>>
>>
>>
>> *Executing this query as Statement*
>>
>> <java>
>>
>> Statement statement = connection.createStatement()
>>
>> ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery("select to_json('my name is
>> \"rabbit\"'::text)");
>>
>> String result=resultSet.next().getString(1);// => "my name is \"rabbit\""
>>
>> </java>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Execution of this query using CopyManager (see result file attachment)*
>>
>> This Execution does the duplicate escaping for JSON output causing
>> invalid json text.
>>
>> <java>
>>
>> BaseConnection bc=(BaseConnection)
>> connection;
>>
>> final CopyManager cm=new CopyManager(bc);
>>
>> File someFile=new File("test.json");
>>
>> try(FileWriter fw=new FileWriter(someFile)){
>>
>>                 cm.copyOut("COPY (select to_json('my name is
>> \"rabbit\"'::text)) TO STDOUT WITH NULL AS ''", fw);
>>
>>                 // => my name is *\*\"rabbit*\*\" instead
>>
>> }
>>
>> </java>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *My Driver:*
>>
>> <dependency>
>>
>>            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
>>
>>            <artifactId>*postgresql*</artifactId>
>>
>>            <version>42.2.5</version>
>>
>>        </dependency>
>>
>>
>>
>> *My pg Server (Docker):*
>>
>> 10.4 (Debian 10.4-2.pgdg90+1)
>>
>>
>>
>> If that is required behavior I suggest to introduce another format “json”
>> in addition to “text” and “csv”.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>
>>
>> *Gerson Stadlmann*
>>
>> Manager Software Development International
>>
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