postgres dblink escape single quote

Question

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• String literals and escape characters in postgresql

Here is my error:

ERROR:  type \"e\" does not exist


        

Answer 1

Try replacing \'inactive\' with ''inactive'' -- caution: two single quotes

   SELECT *
    FROM dblink('host=theHostName port=1234 dbname=theDBName user=theUser password=thePassword',
        'SELECT field_1, 
        CASE WHEN field_2 IS NOT NULL 
        THEN ''inactive'' ELSE ''active'' 
        END AS field_status 
        FROM the_table 
         ') 

AS linkresults(field_1 varchar(20),field_2 varchar(8))

Alternative (previous) solution

   SELECT *
    FROM dblink('host=theHostName port=1234 dbname=theDBName user=theUser password=thePassword',
        'SELECT field_1, 
        CASE WHEN field_2 IS NOT NULL 
        THEN E\'inactive\' ELSE E\'active\' 
        END AS field_status 
        FROM the_table 
         ') 

AS linkresults(field_1 varchar(20),field_2 varchar(8))

Answer 2

Try this query:

SELECT *
 FROM dblink('host=theHostName port=1234 dbname=theDBName user=theUser password=thePassword',
 'SELECT field_1, 
 CASE WHEN field_2 IS NOT NULL 
 THEN $$inactive$$ ELSE $$active$$ 
 END AS field_status 
 FROM the_table') 
 AS linkresults(field_1 varchar(20),field_2 varchar(8))