1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/common.py b/common.py
index 0bece11..eab9dd5 100644
--- a/common.py
+++ b/common.py
@@ -164,6 +164,16 @@ def format_time(ts : float, precision : int = 3) -> str:
     h, m = divmod(m, 60)
     return f'{h:02d}:{m:02d}:{s:0{w}.{precision}f}'
 
+def escape_identifier(identifier : str) -> str:
+    """Escape the given identifier, cf.
+    swig/python/gdal-utils/osgeo_utils/samples/validate_gpkg.py:_esc_id()."""
+
+    if identifier is None or '\x00' in identifier:
+        raise RuntimeError(f'Invalid identifier "{identifier}"')
+
+    # SQL:1999 delimited identifier
+    return '"' + identifier.replace('"', '""') + '"'
+
 
 ######
 # The function definitions below are taken from cpython's source code