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Fixes #10672

Problem

The file name in the \copy command was quoted with qtLiteral(). For a name containing a backslash that produces an escape-string literal, E'...'. psql parses the file name of \copy itself and does not recognise that form: it takes the file name as just "E", creates or truncates ./E, and sends the rest of the line to the server, which fails with a syntax error.

Fix

• Added _copy_filename_literal() in web/pgadmin/tools/import_export/init.py. It wraps the file name in plain single quotes and only doubles an embedded single quote, which is what psql's parse_slash_copy() expects (it calls strip_quotes() with no escape character).
• The three cmd.sql templates (default, 16_plus, 17_plus) now use that value instead of data.filename|qtLiteral(conn).
• The option values (DELIMITER, QUOTE, ESCAPE, NULL, DEFAULT, ENCODING) are unchanged. The server parses those, so E'...' is valid there.

Tests

Added web/pgadmin/tools/import_export/tests/test_import_export_copy_filename.py:

• 7 scenarios for the helper (plain name, space, backslash, trailing backslash, single quote, backslash before a quote, /dev/fd path).
• 6 scenarios rendering each template for import and export, checking that the file name is written as a plain '...' literal and that the option values still go through qtLiteral().

The template scenarios fail without the template change. I ran the new tests and pycodestyle locally; I have not run the full regression suite.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved handling of file paths during import and export, including paths with spaces, backslashes, or single quotes.
  • Added validation for database, format, optional error and log settings, schema, table, column, and query-export inputs.
  • Preserved existing import/export options, including delimiter handling.

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Walkthrough

The import/export COPY filename handling now formats paths as single-quoted tokens, doubling embedded single quotes. The default, 16+, and 17+ templates use the formatted filename. Tests cover filename formatting and template rendering.

Changes

COPY filename handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Format and render COPY filenames web/pgadmin/tools/import_export/__init__.py, web/pgadmin/tools/import_export/templates/import_export/sql/*/cmd.sql, web/pgadmin/tools/import_export/tests/test_import_export_copy_filename.py	A helper formats filenames as single-quoted tokens and doubles embedded single quotes. Both template-rendering paths use the helper, and all three templates render the formatted filename directly. Tests cover paths with spaces, backslashes, single quotes, and file-descriptor names, plus import/export template output.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: akshay-joshi, asheshv

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 55e00

The filename change is ready to merge after normal checks; no remaining import/export failure was established.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title clearly summarizes the main change: fixing Import/Export Data failures for file names containing backslashes.
Linked Issues check		Issue #10672 requires \\copy to receive a plain single-quoted file name with embedded single quotes doubled. _copy_filename_literal() implements that format, and the default, 16_plus, and 17_plus t…
Out of Scope Changes check		All changed code and tests support issue #10672. The helper, template updates, and tests directly implement or verify the requested \\copy file-name handling. No unrelated change appears in the revie…

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue #10672 requires \copy to receive a plain single-quoted file name with embedded single quotes doubled. _copy_filename_literal() implements that format, and the default, 16_plus, and 17_plus templates use it for both normal and /dev/fd paths. The added tests cover backslashes, quotes, imports, exports, all three templates, and continued qtLiteral() use for option values. The change addresses the reported failure without requiring separate platform-specific code.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

All changed code and tests support issue #10672. The helper, template updates, and tests directly implement or verify the requested \copy file-name handling. No unrelated change appears in the reviewed diff.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 2 functions across 2 files. (3 skipped: 3 unsupported.)

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Files selected for processing: 5

• web/pgadmin/tools/import_export/__init__.py
• web/pgadmin/tools/import_export/templates/import_export/sql/16_plus/cmd.sql
• web/pgadmin/tools/import_export/templates/import_export/sql/17_plus/cmd.sql
• web/pgadmin/tools/import_export/templates/import_export/sql/default/cmd.sql
• web/pgadmin/tools/import_export/tests/test_import_export_copy_filename.py

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