From: | Bartosz Dmytrak <bdmytrak(at)eranet(dot)pl> |
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To: | Alexander Reichstadt <lxr(at)mac(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Quoted string in select and insert |
Date: | 2012-03-02 10:10:01 |
Message-ID: | CAD8_UcazRv+k2eQxMTSz-oYWJfUxdFwJYLhtvBWNamiP7SC8ew@mail.gmail.com |
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Hi,
try
SELECT * FROM persons WHERE firstname='''Peter'''
this is tripe '
Regards,
Bartek
2012/3/2 Alexander Reichstadt <lxr(at)mac(dot)com>
> Hi,
>
> I just migrated from mysql and am running into an issue I found no
> solution for when researching. Using the web interface I can insert values
> that contain single-quotes. But using the CLI I found no way to select or
> insert single quotes:
>
> PetWork=# select * from persons where firstname='\'Peter\'';
> Invalid command \'';. Try \? for help.
> PetWork-# select * from persons where firstname='\\'Peter\\'';
> Invalid command \. Try \? for help.
> PetWork-# select * from persons where firstname='\\\'Peter\\\'';
> Invalid command \. Try \? for help.
> PetWork-# select * from persons where firstname='\\\\'Peter\\\\'';
> Invalid command \. Try \? for help.
> PetWork-# select * from persons where firstname='\\\\'Peter\\\\'';
>
> On different forums the solution suggested is to prepend backslashes. But
> it doesn't matter how many backslashes I prepend, it always fails. What
> does one have to do to achieve that?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
>
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