[PIG-123] cannot escape single quotes in single quoted strings when using the eq or match operator

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.1.0
• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Pi Song
• Reporter: andrei badulescu
• Created: 26/Feb/08 02:50
• Updated: 24/Mar/10 22:01
• Resolved: 14/Mar/08 22:46

Description

a query like this :

filter c by ( c.string eq 'hell\'s angels' OR c.string eq 'blue\'s clues')

generates an error with the pig parser, because the parser does not allow single quotes (') within single quotes, even if they are escaped with a backslash.