Merge pull request #540 from dbt-labs/fix-529

Author: b-per

integration_tests/models/marts/intermediate/_dim_model_7.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ models:
         enforced: true
     columns:
       - name: id
+        description: A multiline description containing example values that might\nbe held in this column. These examples include one with a format like something\Something\Another\Thing
         data_type: "{{ 'UInt8' if target.type in ['clickhouse'] else 'int' }}"
         constraints:
           - type: not_null

integration_tests/models/staging/source_1/source.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ sources:
         description: this is table 1.
         columns:
           - name: my_column
-            description: description for my source column
+            description: description for my source column with weird chars like \Something\Another\Thing 
       - name: table_2
       - name: table_4
       - name: table_5

macros/unpack/get_column_values.sql

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
                     [
                         wrap_string_with_quotes(node.unique_id),
                         wrap_string_with_quotes(dbt.escape_single_quotes(column.name)),
-                        wrap_string_with_quotes(dbt.escape_single_quotes(column.description)),
+                        wrap_string_with_quotes(dbt.escape_single_quotes(column.description) | replace("\\","\\\\") ),
                         wrap_string_with_quotes(dbt.escape_single_quotes(column.data_type)),
                         wrap_string_with_quotes(dbt.escape_single_quotes(tojson(column.constraints))),
                         column.constraints | selectattr('type', 'equalto', 'not_null') | list | length > 0,