Re: Special characters

"Mihai Gheorghiu" wrote:
>I want to switch from MSAccess to Postgres.
>1. I have memo fields that include new line characters (I don't know whether
>it is actually a CR). How can this be exported to Postgres?

Represent a newline by `\n'.

>2. How do I query for strings that include single or double quotes (e.g.
>O'Hara)?

Double the single quotes. A double quote inside single quotes doesn't
need escaping.

junk=# select * from x;
x
----------
O'Hara
Connolly
(2 rows)

junk=# select * from x where x like '%''%';
x
--------
O'Hara
(1 row)

junk=# select * from x where x ~ '''';
x
--------
O'Hara
(1 row)

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