Re: inserting data that contains / or \

Or if you are using the perl DBI you could skip the regex and do
something like this:
$sql = "INSERT INTO foo_table(bar_field) VALUES(?)";
connect_to_db();
$sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$foo = "MC HANCOCK GOLD 5PPS S/4";
$sth->execute($foo);
$dbh->commit();

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:On Thursday 03 October 2002 10:02 am, Patrick Hatcher wrote:
:> Sorry up front. I know this has probably been answered 10k times.
:> I need to insert data into a field that will look as such: MC HANCOCK GOLD
:> 5PPS S/4
:>
:> my perl is getting better, but not quite there yet: I have the following
:> regex:
:> $fields[$i] =~ s/\// /g; which now puts a space in place of the /, but I
:> would like to the keep the text as is. I believe I need to replace the
:> single foward slash with 2 forward slashes. But I'm lost as to how to do
:> it
:> Should it be this: $fields[$i] =~ s/\//\///g;?
:>
:> TIA
:>
:> Patrick Hatcher
:> Macys.Com
:>
:
:Try this -- note the use of "#" instead of the normal "/" as the regex
:separator, very key when dealing with urls and other things that have the
:forward slashes in them.
:
:$fields[$i] =~s#/{1}#//#g;
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