Rethink \crosstabview's argument parsing logic.

\crosstabview interpreted its arguments in an unusual way, including
doing case-insensitive matching of unquoted column names, which is
surely not the right thing.  Rip that out in favor of doing something
equivalent to the dequoting/case-folding rules used by other psql
commands.  To keep it simple, change the syntax so that the optional
sort column is specified as a separate argument, instead of the
also-quite-unusual syntax that attached it to the colH argument with
a colon.

Also, rework the error messages to be closer to project style.

doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml

@@ -993,9 +993,10 @@ testdb=>
       <varlistentry id="APP-PSQL-meta-commands-crosstabview">
         <term><literal>\crosstabview [
             <replaceable class="parameter">colV</replaceable>
-            <replaceable class="parameter">colH</replaceable>[:<replaceable class="parameter">scolH</replaceable>]
-            [<replaceable class="parameter">colD</replaceable>]
-            ] </literal></term>
+            [ <replaceable class="parameter">colH</replaceable>
+            [ <replaceable class="parameter">colD</replaceable>
+            [ <replaceable class="parameter">sortcolH</replaceable>
+            ] ] ] ] </literal></term>
         <listitem>
         <para>
         Executes the current query buffer (like <literal>\g</literal>) and
@@ -1004,16 +1005,11 @@ testdb=&gt;
         The output column identified by <replaceable class="parameter">colV</>
         becomes a vertical header and the output column identified by
         <replaceable class="parameter">colH</replaceable>
-        becomes a horizontal header, optionally sorted by ranking data obtained
-        from column <replaceable class="parameter">scolH</replaceable>.
+        becomes a horizontal header.
         <replaceable class="parameter">colD</replaceable> identifies
         the output column to display within the grid.
-        If <replaceable class="parameter">colD</replaceable> is not
-        specified and there are exactly three columns in the result set,
-        the column that is neither
-        <replaceable class="parameter">colV</replaceable> nor
-        <replaceable class="parameter">colH</replaceable>
-        is displayed; if there are more columns, an error is reported.
+        <replaceable class="parameter">sortcolH</replaceable> identifies
+        an optional sort column for the horizontal header.
         </para>
 
         <para>
@@ -1024,6 +1020,12 @@ testdb=&gt;
         and <replaceable class="parameter">colH</replaceable> as column 2.
         <replaceable class="parameter">colH</replaceable> must differ from
         <replaceable class="parameter">colV</replaceable>.
+        If <replaceable class="parameter">colD</replaceable> is not
+        specified, then there must be exactly three columns in the query
+        result, and the column that is neither
+        <replaceable class="parameter">colV</replaceable> nor
+        <replaceable class="parameter">colH</replaceable>
+        is taken to be <replaceable class="parameter">colD</replaceable>.
         </para>
 
         <para>
@@ -1037,11 +1039,11 @@ testdb=&gt;
         found in column <replaceable class="parameter">colH</replaceable>,
         with duplicates removed.  By default, these appear in the same order
         as in the query results.  But if the
-        optional <replaceable class="parameter">scolH</> argument is given, it
-        identifies a column whose values must be integer numbers, and the
+        optional <replaceable class="parameter">sortcolH</> argument is given,
+        it identifies a column whose values must be integer numbers, and the
         values from <replaceable class="parameter">colH</replaceable> will
         appear in the horizontal header sorted according to the
-        corresponding <replaceable class="parameter">scolH</> values.
+        corresponding <replaceable class="parameter">sortcolH</> values.
         </para>
 
         <para>

src/bin/psql/command.c

@@ -368,13 +368,11 @@ exec_command(const char *cmd,
 	/* \crosstabview -- execute a query and display results in crosstab */
 	else if (strcmp(cmd, "crosstabview") == 0)
 	{
-		pset.ctv_col_V = psql_scan_slash_option(scan_state,
-												OT_NORMAL, NULL, false);
-		pset.ctv_col_H = psql_scan_slash_option(scan_state,
-												OT_NORMAL, NULL, false);
-		pset.ctv_col_D = psql_scan_slash_option(scan_state,
-												OT_NORMAL, NULL, false);
+		int			i;
 
+		for (i = 0; i < lengthof(pset.ctv_args); i++)
+			pset.ctv_args[i] = psql_scan_slash_option(scan_state,
+													  OT_NORMAL, NULL, true);
 		pset.crosstab_flag = true;
 		status = PSQL_CMD_SEND;
 	}

src/bin/psql/common.c

@@ -1130,6 +1130,7 @@ SendQuery(const char *query)
 	PGTransactionStatusType transaction_status;
 	double		elapsed_msec = 0;
 	bool		OK = false;
+	int			i;
 	bool		on_error_rollback_savepoint = false;
 	static bool on_error_rollback_warning = false;
 
@@ -1362,20 +1363,10 @@ sendquery_cleanup:
 
 	/* reset \crosstabview trigger */
 	pset.crosstab_flag = false;
-	if (pset.ctv_col_V)
-	{
-		free(pset.ctv_col_V);
-		pset.ctv_col_V = NULL;
-	}
-	if (pset.ctv_col_H)
-	{
-		free(pset.ctv_col_H);
-		pset.ctv_col_H = NULL;
-	}
-	if (pset.ctv_col_D)
+	for (i = 0; i < lengthof(pset.ctv_args); i++)
 	{
-		free(pset.ctv_col_D);
-		pset.ctv_col_D = NULL;
+		pg_free(pset.ctv_args[i]);
+		pset.ctv_args[i] = NULL;
 	}
 
 	return OK;

src/bin/psql/crosstabview.c

@@ -82,16 +82,13 @@ static bool printCrosstab(const PGresult *results,
 			  int num_columns, pivot_field *piv_columns, int field_for_columns,
 			  int num_rows, pivot_field *piv_rows, int field_for_rows,
 			  int field_for_data);
-static int parseColumnRefs(const char *arg, const PGresult *res,
-				int **col_numbers,
-				int max_columns, char separator);
 static void avlInit(avl_tree *tree);
 static void avlMergeValue(avl_tree *tree, char *name, char *sort_value);
 static int avlCollectFields(avl_tree *tree, avl_node *node,
 				 pivot_field *fields, int idx);
 static void avlFree(avl_tree *tree, avl_node *node);
 static void rankSort(int num_columns, pivot_field *piv_columns);
-static int	indexOfColumn(const char *arg, const PGresult *res);
+static int	indexOfColumn(char *arg, const PGresult *res);
 static int	pivotFieldCompare(const void *a, const void *b);
 static int	rankCompare(const void *a, const void *b);
 
@@ -99,133 +96,85 @@ static int	rankCompare(const void *a, const void *b);
 /*
  * Main entry point to this module.
  *
- * Process the data from *res according the display options in pset (global),
+ * Process the data from *res according to the options in pset (global),
  * to generate the horizontal and vertical headers contents,
  * then call printCrosstab() for the actual output.
  */
 bool
 PrintResultsInCrosstab(const PGresult *res)
 {
-	char	   *opt_field_for_rows = pset.ctv_col_V;
-	char	   *opt_field_for_columns = pset.ctv_col_H;
-	char	   *opt_field_for_data = pset.ctv_col_D;
-	int			rn;
+	bool		retval = false;
 	avl_tree	piv_columns;
 	avl_tree	piv_rows;
 	pivot_field *array_columns = NULL;
 	pivot_field *array_rows = NULL;
 	int			num_columns = 0;
 	int			num_rows = 0;
-	int		   *colsV = NULL,
-			   *colsH = NULL,
-			   *colsD = NULL;
-	int			n;
-	int			field_for_columns;
-	int			sort_field_for_columns = -1;
 	int			field_for_rows;
-	int			field_for_data = -1;
-	bool		retval = false;
+	int			field_for_columns;
+	int			field_for_data;
+	int			sort_field_for_columns;
+	int			rn;
 
 	avlInit(&piv_rows);
 	avlInit(&piv_columns);
 
-	if (res == NULL)
-	{
-		psql_error(_("No result\n"));
-		goto error_return;
-	}
-
 	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK)
 	{
-		psql_error(_("The query must return results to be shown in crosstab\n"));
-		goto error_return;
-	}
-
-	if (opt_field_for_rows && !opt_field_for_columns)
-	{
-		psql_error(_("A second column must be specified for the horizontal header\n"));
+		psql_error(_("\\crosstabview: query must return results to be shown in crosstab\n"));
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 
-	if (PQnfields(res) <= 2)
+	if (PQnfields(res) < 3)
 	{
-		psql_error(_("The query must return at least two columns to be shown in crosstab\n"));
+		psql_error(_("\\crosstabview: query must return at least three columns\n"));
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Arguments processing for the vertical header (1st arg) displayed in the
-	 * left-most column. Only a reference to a field is accepted (no sort
-	 * column).
-	 */
-
-	if (opt_field_for_rows == NULL)
-	{
+	/* Process first optional arg (vertical header column) */
+	if (pset.ctv_args[0] == NULL)
 		field_for_rows = 0;
-	}
 	else
 	{
-		n = parseColumnRefs(opt_field_for_rows, res, &colsV, 1, ':');
-		if (n != 1)
-			goto error_return;
-		field_for_rows = colsV[0];
-	}
-
+		field_for_rows = indexOfColumn(pset.ctv_args[0], res);
 		if (field_for_rows < 0)
 			goto error_return;
+	}
 
-	/*----------
-	 * Arguments processing for the horizontal header (2nd arg)
-	 * (pivoted column that gets displayed as the first row).
-	 * Determine:
-	 * - the field number for the horizontal header column
-	 * - the field number of the associated sort column, if any
-	 */
-
-	if (opt_field_for_columns == NULL)
+	/* Process second optional arg (horizontal header column) */
+	if (pset.ctv_args[1] == NULL)
 		field_for_columns = 1;
 	else
 	{
-		n = parseColumnRefs(opt_field_for_columns, res, &colsH, 2, ':');
-		if (n <= 0)
-			goto error_return;
-		if (n == 1)
-			field_for_columns = colsH[0];
-		else
-		{
-			field_for_columns = colsH[0];
-			sort_field_for_columns = colsH[1];
-		}
-
+		field_for_columns = indexOfColumn(pset.ctv_args[1], res);
 		if (field_for_columns < 0)
 			goto error_return;
 	}
 
+	/* Insist that header columns be distinct */
 	if (field_for_columns == field_for_rows)
 	{
-		psql_error(_("The same column cannot be used for both vertical and horizontal headers\n"));
+		psql_error(_("\\crosstabview: vertical and horizontal headers must be different columns\n"));
 		goto error_return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Arguments processing for the data columns (3rd arg).  Determine the
-	 * column to display in the grid.
-	 */
-	if (opt_field_for_data == NULL)
+	/* Process third optional arg (data column) */
+	if (pset.ctv_args[2] == NULL)
 	{
 		int			i;
 
 		/*
 		 * If the data column was not specified, we search for the one not
-		 * used as either vertical or horizontal headers.  If the result has
-		 * more than three columns, raise an error.
+		 * used as either vertical or horizontal headers.  Must be exactly
+		 * three columns, or this won't be unique.
 		 */
-		if (PQnfields(res) > 3)
+		if (PQnfields(res) != 3)
 		{
-			psql_error(_("Data column must be specified when the result set has more than three columns\n"));
+			psql_error(_("\\crosstabview: data column must be specified when query returns more than three columns\n"));
 			goto error_return;
 		}
 
+		field_for_data = -1;
 		for (i = 0; i < PQnfields(res); i++)
 		{
 			if (i != field_for_rows && i != field_for_columns)
@@ -238,13 +187,19 @@ PrintResultsInCrosstab(const PGresult *res)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		int		num_fields;
+		field_for_data = indexOfColumn(pset.ctv_args[2], res);
+		if (field_for_data < 0)
+			goto error_return;
+	}
 
-		/* If a field was given, find out what it is.  Only one is allowed. */
-		num_fields = parseColumnRefs(opt_field_for_data, res, &colsD, 1, ',');
-		if (num_fields < 1)
+	/* Process fourth optional arg (horizontal header sort column) */
+	if (pset.ctv_args[3] == NULL)
+		sort_field_for_columns = -1;	/* no sort column */
+	else
+	{
+		sort_field_for_columns = indexOfColumn(pset.ctv_args[3], res);
+		if (sort_field_for_columns < 0)
 			goto error_return;
-		field_for_data = colsD[0];
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -271,7 +226,7 @@ PrintResultsInCrosstab(const PGresult *res)
 
 		if (piv_columns.count > CROSSTABVIEW_MAX_COLUMNS)
 		{
-			psql_error(_("Maximum number of columns (%d) exceeded\n"),
+			psql_error(_("\\crosstabview: maximum number of columns (%d) exceeded\n"),
 					   CROSSTABVIEW_MAX_COLUMNS);
 			goto error_return;
 		}
@@ -319,9 +274,6 @@ error_return:
 	avlFree(&piv_rows, piv_rows.root);
 	pg_free(array_columns);
 	pg_free(array_rows);
-	pg_free(colsV);
-	pg_free(colsH);
-	pg_free(colsD);
 
 	return retval;
 }
@@ -442,7 +394,7 @@ printCrosstab(const PGresult *results,
 			 */
 			if (cont.cells[idx] != NULL)
 			{
-				psql_error(_("data cell already contains a value: (row: \"%s\", column: \"%s\")\n"),
+				psql_error(_("\\crosstabview: query result contains multiple data values for row \"%s\", column \"%s\"\n"),
 							 piv_rows[row_number].name ? piv_rows[row_number].name :
 							 popt.nullPrint ? popt.nullPrint : "(null)",
 							 piv_columns[col_number].name ? piv_columns[col_number].name :
@@ -475,108 +427,6 @@ error:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-/*
- * Parse "arg", which is a string of column IDs separated by "separator".
- *
- * Each column ID can be:
- * - a number from 1 to PQnfields(res)
- * - an unquoted column name matching (case insensitively) one of PQfname(res,...)
- * - a quoted column name matching (case sensitively) one of PQfname(res,...)
- *
- * If max_columns > 0, it is the max number of column IDs allowed.
- *
- * On success, return number of column IDs found (possibly 0), and return a
- * malloc'd array of the matching column numbers of "res" into *col_numbers.
- *
- * On failure, return -1 and set *col_numbers to NULL.
- */
-static int
-parseColumnRefs(const char *arg,
-				const PGresult *res,
-				int **col_numbers,
-				int max_columns,
-				char separator)
-{
-	const char *p = arg;
-	char		c;
-	int			num_cols = 0;
-
-	*col_numbers = NULL;
-	while ((c = *p) != '\0')
-	{
-		const char *field_start = p;
-		bool		quoted_field = false;
-
-		/* first char */
-		if (c == '"')
-		{
-			quoted_field = true;
-			p++;
-		}
-
-		while ((c = *p) != '\0')
-		{
-			if (c == separator && !quoted_field)
-				break;
-			if (c == '"')		/* end of field or embedded double quote */
-			{
-				p++;
-				if (*p == '"')
-				{
-					if (quoted_field)
-					{
-						p++;
-						continue;
-					}
-				}
-				else if (quoted_field && *p == separator)
-					break;
-			}
-			if (*p)
-				p += PQmblen(p, pset.encoding);
-		}
-
-		if (p != field_start)
-		{
-			char   *col_name;
-			int		col_num;
-
-			/* enforce max_columns limit */
-			if (max_columns > 0 && num_cols == max_columns)
-			{
-				psql_error(_("No more than %d column references expected\n"),
-						   max_columns);
-				goto errfail;
-			}
-			/* look up the column and add its index into *col_numbers */
-			col_name = pg_malloc(p - field_start + 1);
-			memcpy(col_name, field_start, p - field_start);
-			col_name[p - field_start] = '\0';
-			col_num = indexOfColumn(col_name, res);
-			pg_free(col_name);
-			if (col_num < 0)
-				goto errfail;
-			*col_numbers = (int *) pg_realloc(*col_numbers,
-											  (num_cols + 1) * sizeof(int));
-			(*col_numbers)[num_cols++] = col_num;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			psql_error(_("Empty column reference\n"));
-			goto errfail;
-		}
-
-		if (*p)
-			p += PQmblen(p, pset.encoding);
-	}
-	return num_cols;
-
-errfail:
-	pg_free(*col_numbers);
-	*col_numbers = NULL;
-	return -1;
-}
-
 /*
  * The avl* functions below provide a minimalistic implementation of AVL binary
  * trees, to efficiently collect the distinct values that will form the horizontal
@@ -773,77 +623,75 @@ rankSort(int num_columns, pivot_field *piv_columns)
 }
 
 /*
- * Compare a user-supplied argument against a field name obtained by PQfname(),
- * which is already case-folded.
- * If arg is not enclosed in double quotes, pg_strcasecmp applies, otherwise
- * do a case-sensitive comparison with these rules:
- * - double quotes enclosing 'arg' are filtered out
- * - double quotes inside 'arg' are expected to be doubled
- */
-static bool
-fieldNameEquals(const char *arg, const char *fieldname)
-{
-	const char *p = arg;
-	const char *f = fieldname;
-	char		c;
-
-	if (*p++ != '"')
-		return (pg_strcasecmp(arg, fieldname) == 0);
-
-	while ((c = *p++))
-	{
-		if (c == '"')
-		{
-			if (*p == '"')
-				p++;			/* skip second quote and continue */
-			else if (*p == '\0')
-				return (*f == '\0');	/* p is shorter than f, or is
-										 * identical */
-		}
-		if (*f == '\0')
-			return false;		/* f is shorter than p */
-		if (c != *f)			/* found one byte that differs */
-			return false;
-		f++;
-	}
-	return (*f == '\0');
-}
-
-/*
- * arg can be a number or a column name, possibly quoted (like in an ORDER BY clause)
- * Returns:
- *	on success, the 0-based index of the column
- *	or -1 if the column number or name is not found in the result's structure,
- *		  or if it's ambiguous (arg corresponding to several columns)
+ * Look up a column reference, which can be either:
+ * - a number from 1 to PQnfields(res)
+ * - a column name matching one of PQfname(res,...)
+ *
+ * Returns zero-based column number, or -1 if not found or ambiguous.
+ *
+ * Note: may modify contents of "arg" string.
  */
 static int
-indexOfColumn(const char *arg, const PGresult *res)
+indexOfColumn(char *arg, const PGresult *res)
 {
 	int			idx;
 
-	if (strspn(arg, "0123456789") == strlen(arg))
+	if (arg[0] && strspn(arg, "0123456789") == strlen(arg))
 	{
 		/* if arg contains only digits, it's a column number */
 		idx = atoi(arg) - 1;
 		if (idx < 0 || idx >= PQnfields(res))
 		{
-			psql_error(_("Invalid column number: %s\n"), arg);
+			psql_error(_("\\crosstabview: invalid column number: \"%s\"\n"), arg);
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
 	else
 	{
+		bool		inquotes = false;
+		char	   *cp = arg;
 		int			i;
 
+		/*
+		 * Dequote and downcase the column name.  By checking for all-digits
+		 * before doing this, we can ensure that a quoted name is treated as a
+		 * name even if it's all digits.  This transformation should match
+		 * what psqlscanslash.l does in OT_SQLID mode.  (XXX ideally we would
+		 * let the lexer do this, but then we couldn't tell if the name was
+		 * quoted.)
+		 */
+		while (*cp)
+		{
+			if (*cp == '"')
+			{
+				if (inquotes && cp[1] == '"')
+				{
+					/* Keep the first quote, remove the second */
+					cp++;
+				}
+				inquotes = !inquotes;
+				/* Collapse out quote at *cp */
+				memmove(cp, cp + 1, strlen(cp));
+				/* do not advance cp */
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				if (!inquotes)
+					*cp = pg_tolower((unsigned char) *cp);
+				cp += PQmblen(cp, pset.encoding);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Now look for match(es) among res' column names */
 		idx = -1;
 		for (i = 0; i < PQnfields(res); i++)
 		{
-			if (fieldNameEquals(arg, PQfname(res, i)))
+			if (strcmp(arg, PQfname(res, i)) == 0)
 			{
 				if (idx >= 0)
 				{
-					/* if another idx was already found for the same name */
-					psql_error(_("Ambiguous column name: %s\n"), arg);
+					/* another idx was already found for the same name */
+					psql_error(_("\\crosstabview: ambiguous column name: \"%s\"\n"), arg);
 					return -1;
 				}
 				idx = i;
@@ -851,7 +699,7 @@ indexOfColumn(const char *arg, const PGresult *res)
 		}
 		if (idx == -1)
 		{
-			psql_error(_("Invalid column name: %s\n"), arg);
+			psql_error(_("\\crosstabview: column name not found: \"%s\"\n"), arg);
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}

src/bin/psql/settings.h

@@ -94,9 +94,7 @@ typedef struct _psqlSettings
 	char	   *gset_prefix;	/* one-shot prefix argument for \gset */
 	bool		gexec_flag;		/* one-shot flag to execute query's results */
 	bool		crosstab_flag;	/* one-shot request to crosstab results */
-	char	   *ctv_col_V;		/* \crosstabview 1st argument */
-	char	   *ctv_col_H;		/* \crosstabview 2nd argument */
-	char	   *ctv_col_D;		/* \crosstabview 3nd argument */
+	char	   *ctv_args[4];	/* \crosstabview arguments */
 
 	bool		notty;			/* stdin or stdout is not a tty (as determined
 								 * on startup) */

src/test/regress/expected/psql_crosstab.out

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ SELECT v, EXTRACT(year FROM d), count(*)
 -- ordered months in horizontal header, quoted column name
 SELECT v, to_char(d, 'Mon') AS "month name", EXTRACT(month FROM d) AS num,
  count(*) FROM ctv_data  GROUP BY 1,2,3 ORDER BY 1
- \crosstabview v "month name":num 4
+ \crosstabview v "month name" 4 num
  v  | Jan | Apr | Jul | Dec 
 ----+-----+-----+-----+-----
  v0 |     |     |   2 |   1
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SELECT EXTRACT(year FROM d) AS year, to_char(d,'Mon') AS "month name",
   FROM ctv_data
   GROUP BY EXTRACT(year FROM d), to_char(d,'Mon'), EXTRACT(month FROM d)
 ORDER BY month
-\crosstabview "month name" year:year format
+\crosstabview "month name" year format year
  month name |      2014       |      2015      
 ------------+-----------------+----------------
  Jan        |                 | sum=3 avg=3.0
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ SELECT v, h, string_agg(c, E'\n') FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,2,3
 -- horizontal ASC order from window function
 SELECT v,h, string_agg(c, E'\n') AS c, row_number() OVER(ORDER BY h) AS r
 FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,3,2
- \crosstabview v h:r c
+ \crosstabview v h c r
  v  | h0  | h1  |  h2  | h4  |     
 ----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----
  v0 |     |     |      | qux+| qux
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,3,2
 -- horizontal DESC order from window function
 SELECT v, h, string_agg(c, E'\n') AS c, row_number() OVER(ORDER BY h DESC) AS r
 FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,3,2
- \crosstabview v h:r c
+ \crosstabview v h c r
  v  |     | h4  |  h2  | h1  | h0  
 ----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----
  v0 | qux | qux+|      |     | 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,3,2
 -- horizontal ASC order from window function, NULLs pushed rightmost
 SELECT v,h, string_agg(c, E'\n') AS c, row_number() OVER(ORDER BY h NULLS LAST) AS r
 FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,3,2
- \crosstabview v h:r c
+ \crosstabview v h c r
  v  | h0  | h1  |  h2  | h4  |     
 ----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----
  v0 |     |     |      | qux+| qux
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,3,2
 
 -- only null, no column name, 2 columns: error
 SELECT null,null \crosstabview
-The query must return at least two columns to be shown in crosstab
+\crosstabview: query must return at least three columns
 -- only null, no column name, 3 columns: works
 SELECT null,null,null \crosstabview
  ?column? |  
@@ -163,23 +163,39 @@ FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY h,v
     |     |     |      | dbl | 
 (3 rows)
 
+-- refer to columns by quoted names, check downcasing of unquoted name
+SELECT 1 as "22", 2 as b, 3 as "Foo"
+ \crosstabview "22" B "Foo"
+ 22 | 2 
+----+---
+  1 | 3
+(1 row)
+
 -- error: bad column name
 SELECT v,h,c,i FROM ctv_data
  \crosstabview v h j
-Invalid column name: j
+\crosstabview: column name not found: "j"
+-- error: need to quote name
+SELECT 1 as "22", 2 as b, 3 as "Foo"
+ \crosstabview 1 2 Foo
+\crosstabview: column name not found: "foo"
+-- error: need to not quote name
+SELECT 1 as "22", 2 as b, 3 as "Foo"
+ \crosstabview 1 "B" "Foo"
+\crosstabview: column name not found: "B"
 -- error: bad column number
 SELECT v,h,i,c FROM ctv_data
  \crosstabview 2 1 5
-Invalid column number: 5
+\crosstabview: invalid column number: "5"
 -- error: same H and V columns
 SELECT v,h,i,c FROM ctv_data
  \crosstabview 2 h 4
-The same column cannot be used for both vertical and horizontal headers
+\crosstabview: vertical and horizontal headers must be different columns
 -- error: too many columns
 SELECT a,a,1 FROM generate_series(1,3000) AS a
  \crosstabview
-Maximum number of columns (1600) exceeded
+\crosstabview: maximum number of columns (1600) exceeded
 -- error: only one column
 SELECT 1 \crosstabview
-The query must return at least two columns to be shown in crosstab
+\crosstabview: query must return at least three columns
 DROP TABLE ctv_data;

src/test/regress/sql/psql_crosstab.sql

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ SELECT v, EXTRACT(year FROM d), count(*)
 -- ordered months in horizontal header, quoted column name
 SELECT v, to_char(d, 'Mon') AS "month name", EXTRACT(month FROM d) AS num,
  count(*) FROM ctv_data  GROUP BY 1,2,3 ORDER BY 1
- \crosstabview v "month name":num 4
+ \crosstabview v "month name" 4 num
 
 -- ordered months in vertical header, ordered years in horizontal header
 SELECT EXTRACT(year FROM d) AS year, to_char(d,'Mon') AS "month name",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ SELECT EXTRACT(year FROM d) AS year, to_char(d,'Mon') AS "month name",
   FROM ctv_data
   GROUP BY EXTRACT(year FROM d), to_char(d,'Mon'), EXTRACT(month FROM d)
 ORDER BY month
-\crosstabview "month name" year:year format
+\crosstabview "month name" year format year
 
 -- combine contents vertically into the same cell (V/H duplicates)
 SELECT v, h, string_agg(c, E'\n') FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,2,3
@@ -41,17 +41,17 @@ SELECT v, h, string_agg(c, E'\n') FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,2,3
 -- horizontal ASC order from window function
 SELECT v,h, string_agg(c, E'\n') AS c, row_number() OVER(ORDER BY h) AS r
 FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,3,2
- \crosstabview v h:r c
+ \crosstabview v h c r
 
 -- horizontal DESC order from window function
 SELECT v, h, string_agg(c, E'\n') AS c, row_number() OVER(ORDER BY h DESC) AS r
 FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,3,2
- \crosstabview v h:r c
+ \crosstabview v h c r
 
 -- horizontal ASC order from window function, NULLs pushed rightmost
 SELECT v,h, string_agg(c, E'\n') AS c, row_number() OVER(ORDER BY h NULLS LAST) AS r
 FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY 1,3,2
- \crosstabview v h:r c
+ \crosstabview v h c r
 
 -- only null, no column name, 2 columns: error
 SELECT null,null \crosstabview
@@ -76,10 +76,22 @@ SELECT v,h, string_agg(i::text, E'\n') AS i, string_agg(c, E'\n') AS c
 FROM ctv_data GROUP BY v, h ORDER BY h,v
  \crosstabview 1 "h" 4
 
+-- refer to columns by quoted names, check downcasing of unquoted name
+SELECT 1 as "22", 2 as b, 3 as "Foo"
+ \crosstabview "22" B "Foo"
+
 -- error: bad column name
 SELECT v,h,c,i FROM ctv_data
  \crosstabview v h j
 
+-- error: need to quote name
+SELECT 1 as "22", 2 as b, 3 as "Foo"
+ \crosstabview 1 2 Foo
+
+-- error: need to not quote name
+SELECT 1 as "22", 2 as b, 3 as "Foo"
+ \crosstabview 1 "B" "Foo"
+
 -- error: bad column number
 SELECT v,h,i,c FROM ctv_data
  \crosstabview 2 1 5