Re: Quoting "

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andy Anderson <aanderson(at)amherst(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Quoting "
Date: 2008-04-30 14:28:28
Message-ID: 18414.1209565708@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andy Anderson <aanderson(at)amherst(dot)edu> writes:
> In a test I just did, the sequence \" (backslash double-quote) is
> interpreted as just a " inside of the E'...' string constant
> expression. This is great, since PHP's addslashes() sticks them in
> along with the other stuff I really need to quote like ' and \. But I
> see that \" isn't documented in the manual in section 4.1.2.1.

Huh? It says

Any other character following a backslash is taken literally.

regards, tom lane

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