QUOTENAME in JS

Description

Unfortunately, this function is not available in JavaScript, but it can be implemented using predefined functions.

Sample Source Pattern

Implementation Example

function QUOTENAME(string, quote){
    return quote.concat(string, quote);
}

Arguments

string: String expression to delimit.

quote: Quote to be used as a delimiter.

Return Type

String.

Examples

Query

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION QUOTENAME(str varchar, quote char)
  RETURNS string
  LANGUAGE JAVASCRIPT
AS
$$
  function QUOTENAME(string, quote){
    const allowed_quotes = /[\']|[\"]|[(]|[)]|[\[]|[\]]|[\{]|[\}]|[\`]/;
    
    if(!allowed_quotes.test(quote)) throw new TypeError('Invalid Quote');
    
    return quote.concat(string, quote);
  }
   return QUOTENAME(STR, QUOTE);
$$;

SELECT QUOTENAME('Hola', '`') HELLO;

Result

    HELLO|      
---------+
  `Hello`|