- The firebird dialect will quote identifiers which begin with an

underscore.  Courtesy Treeve Jelbert. [ticket:2897]

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/dialect/test_firebird.py b/test/dialect/test_firebird.py
index 4a71b7d05..222e34b93 100644
--- a/test/dialect/test_firebird.py
+++ b/test/dialect/test_firebird.py
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ class CompileTest(fixtures.TestBase, AssertsCompiledSQL):
         for type_, args, kw, res in columns:
             self.assert_compile(type_(*args, **kw), res)
 
+    def test_quoting_initial_chars(self):
+        self.assert_compile(
+            column("_somecol"),
+            '"_somecol"'
+        )
+        self.assert_compile(
+            column("$somecol"),
+            '"$somecol"'
+        )
 class TypesTest(fixtures.TestBase):
     __only_on__ = 'firebird'