How are you inserting the strings (ie C, Perl, etc)?
What is the exact string you're tying to insert?
What is the exact error message returned?


On Thu, 10 May 2001, Dave Emerson wrote:

> I'm trying to store strings the database that contain html 
> character entities in them.
> It appears that the insert fails when it sees the semicolon that 
> terminates
> the entity.  I've tried escaping it with \ but that doesn't work.  What's
> the proper way to escape a semicolon embedded in a string?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave.
> 
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