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Q&A How do I pass field names containing dashes in dbt source yml file?

There may be a better way to handle this but this eventually worked for me. It's necessary to add quote: true below each field name with a dash. E.g.: tables: - name: my_table ...

posted 1y ago by Sigma‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Sigma‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Sigma‭ · 2023-09-21T13:24:38Z (about 1 year ago)
  • There may be a better way to handle this but this eventually worked for me. It's necessary to add `quote: true` below each field name with a dash. E.g.:
  • ```
  • tables:
  • - name: my_table
  • columns:
  • - name: some-field-with-dash
  • quote: true
  • ```
  • I found this answer in the dbt docs here: [quote property](https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/resource-properties/quote) However, if there is any kind of way to set this universally for safety, I'd love to get a different answer.
  • There may be a better way to handle this but this eventually worked for me. It's necessary to add `quote: true` below **each** field name with a dash. E.g.:
  • ```
  • tables:
  • - name: my_table
  • columns:
  • - name: some-field-with-dash
  • quote: true
  • ```
  • I found this answer in the dbt docs here: [quote property](https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/resource-properties/quote) However, if there is any kind of way to set this universally for safety, I'd love to get a different answer.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Sigma‭ · 2023-09-21T13:24:06Z (about 1 year ago)
There may be a better way to handle this but this eventually worked for me. It's necessary to add `quote: true` below each field name with a dash. E.g.:

```
    tables: 
      - name: my_table
        columns:
          - name: some-field-with-dash
            quote: true
```

I found this answer in the dbt docs here: [quote property](https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/resource-properties/quote) However, if there is any kind of way to set this universally for safety, I'd love to get a different answer.