From: | Alban Hertroys <dalroi(at)solfertje(dot)student(dot)utwente(dot)nl> |
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To: | Christine Penner <chris(at)fp2(dot)ca> |
Cc: | Postgres-General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: finding strings with quotes |
Date: | 2011-02-26 09:47:31 |
Message-ID: | 154815D8-5949-4B33-B0D7-1A6FCE6A5869@solfertje.student.utwente.nl |
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On 25 Feb 2011, at 21:45, Christine Penner wrote:
> I'm trying to do a select to find on a char field that has a single quote but getting errors. This is what I'm doing:
>
> Select * from f_buildings where B_STRET_LNE_CON='BERLETT\'S ROAD'
>
> The text I'm trying to find is BERLETT'S ROAD
>
> If I do the same thing but have double quotes in the string instead of single quotes this works.
You probably have set standard_conforming_strings to 'on'.
In that case you should either use:
SELECT E'BERLETT\'S ROAD';
SELECT 'BERLETT''S ROAD';
Or set standard_conforming_strings TO 'off', in which case you'll just get a warning.
Alban Hertroys
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