#461 broke the like operator when special characters are used `,:()`

[Sandr0x00]

Bug report

Describe the bug

Before the change in #461, the "like" query was built like this with :value%

like.%3Avalue%25

Since the change, it is built like this:

like.%22%3Avalue%2A%22

The reason is the called pattern = sanitize_pattern_param(pattern) which surrounds the value with " whenever a "special" character ,:() is in the request.

Using " around the value will result in an empty set to be returned instead of the actual data matching :value%.

To Reproduce

Do a select query with

.like("column", ":value%")

and check the result returned from the database.

Expected behavior

Using the like operator and get values in return

[silentworks]

Please provide concrete examples when you are supplying steps to reproduce an issue. column and value aren't concrete examples, they are very abstract.

[Sandr0x00]

Well, the bug is universal and triggers in any case explained, but sure. Create a table like

CREATE TABLE tbl
(
    id int PRIMARY KEY generated always as identity,
    col text
);

INSERT INTO tbl
    (col)
VALUES
    ('http://web.site'),
    ('https://web.page'),
    ('http://google.com'),
    ('https://github.com');

and execute the following script (I use the supabase since it's a convenient, but it's just a wrapper around postgrest, and the issue is in the like function).

import logging
import os
from supabase import create_client
from postgrest import SyncRequestBuilder

# logging to see the httpx request created
logging.basicConfig(
    level=logging.INFO
)

# supabase wrapper
client = create_client(
    os.getenv("SUPABASE_URL"),
    os.getenv("SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY")
)
req_builder: SyncRequestBuilder = client.table("tbl")

# from here on, only postgrest functions
data = req_builder.select("*").like("col", "https://%").execute().data
print(data)

Before the changes in #461, it was working.