baldey_uk, Monday, April 29, 2002, 6:31:24 AM, you wrote: b> At the moment im getting a difference in keymappings between what is typed b> into a field and what is stored in the database. I have an html form that b> gets a text string called $email and this is inserted into a VARCHAR b> database feild via php, the problem is when special characters are included b> in the email address. For example [EMAIL PROTECTED] gets stored in the b> database as baldey\[EMAIL PROTECTED] Has anyone seen this before? Is this a b> PHP, mysql or just sql issue? Do i have to set special options to use a UK b> keymap or something like that? If anyone has any links to docs that deal b> with this sort of thing i'd really appreciate them!!
You should escape some characters. Look at: http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/t/String_syntax.html b> Cheers From b> baldey_uk -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/ This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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