From 1196faaf716113c356ee2eeded8cc2af555362cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Siting Ren <siting.ren@microfocus.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:32:16 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Quick fix for #500 (#503)

---
 vertica_python/vertica/cursor.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/vertica_python/vertica/cursor.py b/vertica_python/vertica/cursor.py
index 9b549221..870c0f15 100644
--- a/vertica_python/vertica/cursor.py
+++ b/vertica_python/vertica/cursor.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import datetime
 import glob
 import inspect
+import os
 import re
 import sys
 import traceback
@@ -653,7 +654,7 @@ def object_to_string(self, py_obj, is_copy_data):
     # noinspection PyArgumentList
     def format_operation_with_parameters(self, operation, parameters, is_copy_data=False):
         if isinstance(parameters, dict):
-            if parameters and ':' not in operation:
+            if parameters and ':' not in operation and os.environ.get('VERTICA_PYTHON_IGNORE_NAMED_PARAMETER_CHECK') != '1':
                 raise ValueError(f'Invalid SQL: {operation}'
                     "\nHINT: When argument 'parameters' is a dict, variables in SQL should be specified with named (:name) placeholders."
                     " If you use a dict to represent the value of a ROW type column, enclose the dict with brackets('[]') to construct a list.")