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  2. SERVER-5697

Unmatched quotes in regular expression cause JS shell to enter multi-line mode

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Minor - P4
    • Resolution: Done
    • 2.1.0
    • 2.5.0
    • Shell
    • Fully Compatible
    • ALL

    Description

      To reproduce: (in the JS shell)
      > db.test.save({_id:1, name:"O'Reilly"})
      > db.test.find(

      {name:/O'Reilly/}

      )
      ...
      Notice that shell enters multi-line mode. Tad says that, "The isBalanced() routine sees the apostrophe/single-quote and scans looking for a matching quote. When it doesn't find one, it goes into multi-line mode. "

      A question regarding this was asked on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/mongodb-user/browse_thread/thread/fcd29bf712e49e13

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          is related to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. SERVER-13934 Escaping of parentheses/brackets/braces in shell regular expression literals does not work

          • Minor - P4 - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. SERVER-5809 Double quote escaping bugged

          • Trivial - P5 - Cosmetic problem like misspelt words or misaligned text.
          • Closed

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SERVER-3994 Brace matching in mongo shell could be better

          • Trivial - P5 - Cosmetic problem like misspelt words or misaligned text.
          • Closed

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              tad Tad Marshall
              barrie Barrie Segal
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