Re: Passing TEXT variable to a function

From: Betsy Barker <betsy(dot)barker(at)supportservicesinc(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Passing TEXT variable to a function
Date: 2004-08-24 23:28:59
Message-ID: 20040824172859.62ccaf9c.betsy.barker@supportservicesinc.com
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quote_literal() worked. Thank you both!

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:33:08 -0400
Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> > Aha, syntax error, you forgot the nested quotes:
>
> > FOR getpercentiles IN EXECUTE ''SELECT * FROM get_facility_percentiles(''''''
> > || wagerateid_list || '''''')'' LOOP
>
> She really wants quote_literal(), instead, so that the function doesn't
> break if someone passes a value that contains quotes ...
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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