Michael Gauland <mikelygee@no8wireless.co.nz> writes:

> I'm working with an sqlite database of songs, and I've run into trouble
> with titles that start with a '(' (for example,
> (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction). 'Verbatim' results work:
>
>     #+BEGIN_SRC sqlite :db test-db :results verbatim
>     .mode csv
>     .separator |
>     drop table playlist;
>     create table playlist (title varchar, artist varchar);
>     insert into playlist values("(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction",
> "Rolling Stones");
>     select * from playlist;
>     #+END_SRC
>
>     #+RESULTS:
>     : "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"|"Rolling Stones"
>
> But :results table' reports:
>
>     eval: Symbol's function definition is void: I
>
> It looks to me like org is trying to interpret (I Can't Get No) as emacs
> lisp, but I haven't been able to figure out how to prevent that.
>
> Advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Mike
>

Hi Mike,

Thanks for reporting this problem.  Your diagnosis is correct, the table
contents were being interpreted as lisp.  I've fixed this issue with the
attached patch.  I'm unable to ping orgmode.org right now, so I can't
commit this fix, but I will commit it as soon as I'm able.

Thanks,