Re: PQescapeLiteral in Libpq

lmanorders wrote
> I'm using the libpq.dll libraries to connect to postgress. When I issue a
> call to PQescapeLiteral with a file path as the argument, the result
> string seems to always start with a bogus " E". For example, "C:\MyFile"
> is returned as " E'C:\\:MyFile'" (not including the double quotes). Is
> this a normal result or can't PQescapeLiteral be used to escape a file
> path literal? If not, are there any functions that can be used to "escape"
> a file path?
>
> Thanks, Lynn

What do you expect it to give in this instance?

I don't get why there is an extra colon in your output (typo on your part?)
but the "E" and the double-backslash are present because the "E" converts
the literal into one that accepts escape sequences (of the form
backslash-something, e.g., \n for a newline). Since backslash is an escape
indicator in order to output a literal "\" you have to double/escape it
"\\".

David J.

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