Yes... You can just use \' to denote single quotes.. See: http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/t/String_syntax.html Gurhan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Theodore Morse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 11:48 AM Subject: escape characters > Hello everyone! > > I have an SQL insert statement that contains "'" symbols in it, however > as I use the "'" symbol to denote the differences between columns in the > VALUES(...) part, I was wondering if there was another way of doing it > so I could include more characters like "'" in the statment, a sample > would look something like this: > > INSERT INTO parts VALUES('val1', 'val2', 'val3') > > if I did something like: > > INSERT INTO parts VALUES('val1', 'bob's value', 'val3') > > it would die, is there anyway to make that valid, like doing a > \' instead of just '? > > Theodore Morse > > -- > Theodore Morse > CIHOLAS Enterprises > [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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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