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[Bug]: ScriptUtils converts adjacent string literals to invalid syntax #11206

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@richardfearn

Module

PostgreSQL

Testcontainers version

2.0.1

Using the latest Testcontainers version?

Yes

Host OS

macOS

Host Arch

arm64

Docker version

Client:
 Version:           28.5.1
 API version:       1.51
 Go version:        go1.24.8
 Git commit:        e180ab8
 Built:             Wed Oct  8 12:16:17 2025
 OS/Arch:           darwin/arm64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.49.0 (208700)
 Engine:
  Version:          28.5.1
  API version:      1.51 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.24.8
  Git commit:       f8215cc
  Built:            Wed Oct  8 12:18:25 2025
  OS/Arch:          linux/arm64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.7.27
  GitCommit:        05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
 runc:
  Version:          1.2.5
  GitCommit:        v1.2.5-0-g59923ef
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

What happened?

ScriptUtils splits an init script into a list of statements. This is valid syntax:

CREATE TABLE test (
    x int
);

COMMENT ON COLUMN test.x
    IS 'First sentence. '
    'Second sentence';

But ScriptUtils converts this into these two statements:

CREATE TABLE test ( x int )
COMMENT ON COLUMN test.x IS 'First sentence. ' 'Second sentence'

The second statement isn't valid because the adjacent string literals need to be separated by at least one newline.

Relevant log output

Caused by: org.testcontainers.ext.ScriptUtils$ScriptStatementFailedException: Script execution failed (initPostgres.sql:2): COMMENT ON COLUMN test.x IS 'First sentence. ' 'Second sentence'
	at org.testcontainers.jdbc.JdbcDatabaseDelegate.execute(JdbcDatabaseDelegate.java:63)
	at org.testcontainers.delegate.AbstractDatabaseDelegate.execute(AbstractDatabaseDelegate.java:38)
	at org.testcontainers.ext.ScriptUtils.executeDatabaseScript(ScriptUtils.java:307)
	... 83 common frames omitted
Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: syntax error at or near "'Second sentence'"
  Position: 48
	at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2736)
	at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2421)
	at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:372)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeInternal(PgStatement.java:525)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.execute(PgStatement.java:435)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeWithFlags(PgStatement.java:357)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeCachedSql(PgStatement.java:342)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.executeWithFlags(PgStatement.java:318)
	at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgStatement.execute(PgStatement.java:313)
	at org.testcontainers.jdbc.JdbcDatabaseDelegate.execute(JdbcDatabaseDelegate.java:50)
	... 85 common frames omitted

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