# Class NpgsqlSqlGenerationHelper

Namespace
  Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.Storage.Internal

Assembly
  Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL.dll

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    public class NpgsqlSqlGenerationHelper : RelationalSqlGenerationHelper, ISqlGenerationHelper

Inheritance
  object
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper
  NpgsqlSqlGenerationHelper

Implements
  ISqlGenerationHelper

Inherited Members
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.GenerateParameterName(string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.GenerateParameterName(StringBuilder, string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.GenerateParameterNamePlaceholder(string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.GenerateParameterNamePlaceholder(StringBuilder, string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.EscapeIdentifier(string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.EscapeIdentifier(StringBuilder, string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.DelimitIdentifier(string, string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.DelimitIdentifier(StringBuilder, string, string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.EscapeJsonPathElement(string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.DelimitJsonPathElement(string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.GenerateComment(string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.GenerateCreateSavepointStatement(string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.GenerateRollbackToSavepointStatement(string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.GenerateReleaseSavepointStatement(string)
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.Dependencies
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.StatementTerminator
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.BatchTerminator
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.StartTransactionStatement
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.CommitTransactionStatement
  RelationalSqlGenerationHelper.SingleLineCommentToken
  object.Equals(object)
  object.Equals(object, object)
  object.GetHashCode()
  object.GetType()
  object.MemberwiseClone()
  object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)
  object.ToString()

## Constructors

### NpgsqlSqlGenerationHelper(RelationalSqlGenerationHelperDependencies)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    public NpgsqlSqlGenerationHelper(RelationalSqlGenerationHelperDependencies dependencies)

#### Parameters

`dependencies` RelationalSqlGenerationHelperDependencies

## Methods

### DelimitIdentifier(string)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    public override string DelimitIdentifier(string identifier)

#### Parameters

`identifier` string

#### Returns

string

### DelimitIdentifier(StringBuilder, string)

This is an internal API that supports the Entity Framework Core infrastructure and not subject to the same compatibility standards as public APIs. It may be changed or removed without notice in any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.

    public override void DelimitIdentifier(StringBuilder builder, string identifier)

#### Parameters

`builder` StringBuilder
`identifier` string