Fix identifier starts with $ should be regarded as a placeholder in SQLite (#1402)

src/dialect/sqlite.rs

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ impl Dialect for SQLiteDialect {
         ch.is_ascii_lowercase()
             || ch.is_ascii_uppercase()
             || ch == '_'
-            || ch == '$'
             || ('\u{007f}'..='\u{ffff}').contains(&ch)
     }
 

tests/sqlparser_sqlite.rs

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ mod test_utils;
 use test_utils::*;
 
 use sqlparser::ast::SelectItem::UnnamedExpr;
+use sqlparser::ast::Value::Placeholder;
 use sqlparser::ast::*;
 use sqlparser::dialect::{GenericDialect, SQLiteDialect};
 use sqlparser::parser::{ParserError, ParserOptions};
@@ -470,6 +471,22 @@ fn parse_start_transaction_with_modifier() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_dollar_identifier_as_placeholder() {
+    // This relates to the discussion in issue #291. The `$id` should be treated as a placeholder,
+    // not as an identifier in SQLite dialect.
+    //
+    // Reference: https://www.sqlite.org/lang_expr.html#varparam
+    match sqlite().verified_expr("id = $id") {
+        Expr::BinaryOp { op, left, right } => {
+            assert_eq!(op, BinaryOperator::Eq);
+            assert_eq!(left, Box::new(Expr::Identifier(Ident::new("id"))));
+            assert_eq!(right, Box::new(Expr::Value(Placeholder("$id".to_string()))));
+        }
+        _ => unreachable!(),
+    }
+}
+
 fn sqlite() -> TestedDialects {
     TestedDialects {
         dialects: vec![Box::new(SQLiteDialect {})],