The docblocks for the various db_query() functions list all the valid placeholders except for the %n (numeric) placeholder. Patch attached.

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#1 904880_db_query_docs.patch4.69 KBgdd

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new 904880_db_query_docs.patch4.69 KB

Should be backported all the way back to 4.6 if we want to be truly nitpicky about it.

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History on this, it looks like the %n placeholder was introduced as a result of a security issue in 6.3: http://drupalcode.org/viewvc/drupal/drupal/includes/database.inc?r1=1.92...
http://drupal.org/node/280571

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Oh so it looks like it is a Drupal 6-only thing then

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Status: Needs review » Closed (duplicate)

Duplicate of
#609060: db_query() doc - list of % specs is incomplete