Re: basic question

From: "Marie G(dot) Tuite" <marie(dot)tuite(at)edisonaffiliates(dot)com>
To: "Michael Hanna" <zen(at)hwcn(dot)org>
Cc: "pgsql-novice" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: basic question
Date: 2003-06-26 21:06:14
Message-ID: IGELKLINGDMODABPOOFEAEAGEHAA.marie.tuite@edisonaffiliates.com
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You most likely have a ' in the mytext. You need to escape it using \'.

i.e.
insert into healthnotes (notes) values ('some test\'s');

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> in psql 7.3.3, press enter after a semi-colon
>
> michael=# insert into healthnotes (notes) values ('mytext....');
> michael'#
>
> changes the prompt accordingly and doesn't commit the change..what am I
> doing wrong? I'm certain this code works, as I've done something
> similar via dbVis
>
> Michael
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