Help with strings please
Oleg Broytmann
phd at emerald.netskate.ru
Thu Jul 8 11:44:02 EDT 1999
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Sreekant Kodela wrote:
> I seem to be in trouble here. I am trying to make some cgi scripts for
> my web site. I am using the postgresql as the backend db and a form
> based address book and news forum etc. The problem is everything is
> working ok as long as noone uses ' and " in the text. If they do, bingo
> , postgres refuses to accept. I tried using string library [mainly
> string.join(string.split('awkward'"'st'ring')). It works sometimes and
> doesn't some times.
>
> Any better and efficient way to deal with this situation !
> Any suggestions and ideas will be greatly appreciated.
s = string.replace(s, "'", "''")
s = string.replace(s, '"', '\\"')
> Thanks
> sreekant
Oleg.
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Oleg Broytmann Netskate/Inter.Net.Ru phd at emerald.netskate.ru
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