From: | Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | Louise Cofield <lcofield(at)box-works(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: How to insert a string with single quotes in the |
Date: | 2003-09-20 17:24:08 |
Message-ID: | 1064078648.5362.559.camel@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 22:02, Louise Cofield wrote:
> I am creating a Libpq program that reads a text file,
...
> The insert blows up when it hits an item description that contains a
> single quote in the text.
You also have to look out for backslashes.
> Other than stripping the offending quote-marks from the text prior to
> processing, does anybody have any ideas how I can deal with this?
The libpq library includes the function PQescapeString, as described in
the manual.
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