Subject: Re: Punctuation problems.
From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
To: pgsql-interfaces@postgresql.org
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Date: 10 Aug 2003 20:54:19 -0500
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On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 08:55, Alastair G. Hogge wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I'm using PyGreSQL to access my database to store information gathered from 
> HTML forms (using CGI). However I've run into a problem with some of the data 
> retrived.
> 
> For example say a user of my HTML form inputs their  name "Eick O'Shae".
> Now when I try to store that I get problems due the ' I think. Is there a way 
> I can store and ' in the DB? Also are there other symbols should be aware of, 
> and can I store them also? This email probably isn't making much sense as I'm 
> very tired and have been looking at this screen for hours, but any help would 
> great.

The escape character "\".  

test1=# create table foo (f text);
CREATE TABLE

test1=# insert into foo values ('x');
INSERT 17266 1

test1=# select * from foo;
 f
---
 x
(1 row)

test1=# insert into foo values ('\'x\'');
INSERT 17267 1

test1=# select * from foo;
  f
-----
 x
 'x'
(2 rows)

In Python:
>>> a = "Eick O'Shae"
>>> a1 = a.split("'")
>>> a2 = a1[0]+"\\'"+a1[1]
>>> print a2
Eick O\'Shae

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