Hi. Have a look at http://www.mysql.com/doc/E/x/Extensions_to_ANSI.html (rather at the end). || has a different meaning in MySQL started without explicit --ansi. Also see http://www.mysql.com/doc/A/N/ANSI_mode.html.
Bye, Benjamin. On Mon, Apr 08, 2002 at 11:08:15AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi guys, > > Our java code blows up when we try to insert a string with a ';' > inside of it. So we tried to do a work-around by replacing ';' with > '||CHAR(59)||' to insert it, using the char function and the > character's respecitve ascii value. So instead of: [...] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php