[HIVE-17358] Escape characters not working correctly on strings in an insert statement

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.2
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Chip Sands
• Created: 18/Aug/17 20:48
• Updated: 18/Aug/17 20:48

Description

example: insert into test values("abc\"d")

The escaped double quote get through the parser correctly, but the escape char '\' get inserted as data. If you leave off the backslash (escape char), the parser correctly reports a syntax error.