------------------------ Alternate String Quoting ------------------------ Support for alternate format of strings literals. Author: Adriano dos Santos Fernandes <adrianosf@uol.com.br> Syntax: <alternate string literal> ::= { q | Q } <quote> <alternate start char> [ { <char> }... ] <alternate end char> <quote> Syntax rules: When <alternate start char> is '(', '{', '[' or '<', <alternate end char> is respectively ')', '}', ']' and '>'. In other cases, <alternate end char> is equal to <alternate start char>. Notes: Inside the string, i.e., <char> items, single (not escaped) quotes could be used. Each quote will be part of the result string. Examples: select q'{abc{def}ghi}' from rdb$database; -- result: abc{def}ghi select q'!That's a string!' from rdb$database; -- result: That's a string