[DERBY-2019] IJ's describe command does not handle quotes very well

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 10.2.1.6, 10.3.1.4
• Fix Version/s: 10.3.1.4
• Component/s: Tools
• Urgency: Normal
• Assignee: Bryan Pendleton
• Reporter: John Embretsen
• Created: 30/Oct/06 14:09
• Updated: 09/May/07 11:08
• Resolved: 08/May/07 15:45

Description

In IJ, the describe <table | view> command does not handle quotes very well. Current behavior is:

a) Double quotes:

IJ does not recognize describe command when encountering double quotes.

ij> create table "CamelCaseTable" (col1_in_cct int);
0 rows inserted/updated/deleted
ij> describe "CamelCaseTable";
ERROR 42X01: Syntax error: Encountered "describe" at line 1, column 1.

I'm assuming that it should be possible to execute the describe command on case-sensitive table names.

b) Single quotes:

IJ describes all tables in current schema when encountering two single quotes after the describe command.

ij> create table table1 (col1_table1 int);
0 rows inserted/updated/deleted
ij> create table table2 (col1_table2 int);
0 rows inserted/updated/deleted
ij> describe '';
COLUMN_NAME |TYPE_NAME|DEC&|NUM&|COLUM&|COLUMN_DEF|CHAR_OCTE&|IS_NULL&
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COL1_TABLE1 |INTEGER |0 |10 |10 |NULL |NULL |YES
COL1_TABLE2 |INTEGER |0 |10 |10 |NULL |NULL |YES

2 rows selected

In case b), it does not make a difference whether the single quotes actually surround a valid table name, some garbage, or nothing at all.

I must admit that b) seems like a useful feature, listing all columns in all tables in a schema, but it's usage is not very intuitive, nor is it documented, so this may be a bug.

Issue Links

• is related to: DERBY-2222 'show indexes in SCHEMANAME' does not work with the client driver