[DB-SIG] sql sensitive characters question

[Sam Gendler]

Is there a standardized function for escaping characters with
alternative meaning in SQL?

Also, has anyone had to play with a standard HTTP date (Thu, 23 Mar 2000
07:53:36 GMT) within Windows.  There doesn not appear to be a strptime
function for date conversion.  Do I have to just parse it manually, or
am I missing something.  I ask on this list, as the whole Date question
is always such a pain in the a** in databases, and I am having the
problem in a database context.

--sam