Re: PQescapeString

At 11:36 AM 6/8/02 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>Mark Thomas <thomas(at)pbegames(dot)com> writes:
> > ... I end up with a query string that looks like:
> > INSERT INTO "some_table" (ttext)
> > VALUES ('This is a test of postgresql''s escaping mechanism')
>
>That should result in inserting
>
> This is a test of postgresql's escaping mechanism
>
> > Subsequently I do:
>
> > SELECT ttext from "some_table";
>
> > This is a test of postgresql''s escaping mechanism
>
>This is hard to believe. The returned string shouldn't have the
>doubled quote. You're going to have to give more details about
>what you're doing.

The technical term is 'being stupid' :( I was being a bit too careful about
my string cleaning and invoking PQescapeString twice, which explains the
results I was seeing perfectly. Thanks for the answer.

Mark Thomas
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