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To: Sbob <[email protected]>
Cc: Pgsql-admin <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Having issues inserting a string with a ' into a varchar column
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 11:16:31 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwbzdZ38iZXN9Mp3PEt767b9h-C91evBtAWo8GD_oqatMw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Friday, April 15, 2022, Sbob <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I tried this : quote_ident ( 'Poker 5 card Hold'Em')
>
> but it still error's out
>
>
> I also tried : quote_literal('Poker 5 card Hold\'Em')
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> but it also errors out:
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>
You have the right idea you need to escape it. But guessing isn’t a good
method to figure out how.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-CONSTANTS
You can’t use quote_* on a literal if you do not express the literal
correctly.
David J.
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