Fix issue #404:SHOW COLUMNS FROM table_name does not work with ALLOW_LITERALS=NUMBERS

h2/src/docsrc/html/changelog.html

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Change Log
     suggestion from Mark Addleman.
 </li><li>Fix issue #438:JdbcDatabaseMetaData#getSchemas() no longer supported as of 1.3.169
 </li><li>MySQL compatibility: support for ALTER TABLE tbl_name MODIFY [COLUMN] col_name column_definition, patch from Ville Koskela.
+</li><li>Fix issue #404:SHOW COLUMNS FROM table_name does not work with ALLOW_LITERALS=NUMBERS
 </li></ul>
 
 <h2>Version 1.3.170 (2012-11-30)</h2>

h2/src/main/org/h2/command/Parser.java

@@ -882,7 +882,13 @@ public class Parser {
             // for MySQL compatibility
             buff.append("SCHEMA_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA");
         }
-        return prepare(session, buff.toString(), paramValues);
+        try {
+            // need to temporarily turn this on, in case we are in ALLOW_LITERALS_NUMBERS mode
+            session.setAllowLiterals(true);
+            return prepare(session, buff.toString(), paramValues);
+        } finally {
+            session.setAllowLiterals(false);
+        }
     }
 
     private static Prepared prepare(Session s, String sql, ArrayList<Value> paramValues) {