Re: Trouble Escaping Quotes

Haron, Charles wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using a perl function in my PosgreSQL database to send an email.
> However, field data containing single quotes causes the function to fail.
> I'm having trouble escaping the quotes. Sample function definition follows.

You escape single quotes in PostgreSQL with 2 single quotes... e.g;

print 'foo';

Should be:

print ''foo''; (not double quotes, two single quotes)

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

>
>
> If company_name is Bob's Fixit, the function will fail.
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.send_rma(rma_info)
> RETURNS void AS
> '
> use Mail::Sender;
> my ($rma_data) = @_;
> my ($sender) = new Mail::Sender {
> smtp => \'192.168.1.1\',
> from => \'supp(at)cog(dot)com\',
> on_errors => \'die\'
> };
>
> $sender->Open({
> to => \'pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org\',
> cc => \'supp(at)cog(dot)com\',
> subject => "RMA Request $rma_data->{\'rma\'}"
> });
>
> $sender->SendLineEnc("[RMA]");
> $sender->SendLineEnc("$rma_data->{\'rma\'}");
>
> $sender->SendLineEnc("[CASE NUMBER]");
> $sender->SendLineEnc("$rma_data->{\'case_number\'}");
>
> $sender->SendLineEnc("[COMPANY NAME]");
> $sender->SendLineEnc("$rma_data->{\'company_name\'}");
>
> $sender->Close();
>
> '
> LANGUAGE 'plperlu' STABLE;
>
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck
>
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