Gerald Clark wrote: > in perl you would do > my $qselcat=$dbh->quote($selcat); > $whichpart = "AND key1=$qselcat"; > > René Fournier wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm trying to Select on a field that contains a doublequote, and can't > > figure out how to pass it throught the Select statement (couldn't find > > anything in the docs either...) > > > > -=-=-=-=- > > > > This doesn't work... > > > > $whichpart = "AND key1='$selcat'"; > > $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM parts WHERE status='online' > > $whichpart",$db); > > > > ...when $selcat contains a double quote. For example, if I echo > > $selcat, I get: > > > > AND key1='36\" Core Shafts' > > > > ====== > > I can see that mysql is choking on that double quote--do I need to > > convert it to something else? Thanks. > > > > ...Rene > > > > --- > > René Fournier, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Toll-free +1.888.886.2754 > > Tel +1.403.291.3601 > > Fax +1.403.250.5228 > > www.smartslitters.com > > > > SmartSlitters International > > #33, 1339 - 40th Ave NE > > Calgary AB T2E 8N6 > > Canada > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
FYI - Be careful using dbh->quote with inserts and updates. If you feed dbh->quote a variable that has no value, it will return '' (tick tick). If the column is a date the value will be set to 0000-00-00 and if the column is numeric it will be set to 0 instead of NULL . You can either check the length of the variable to see if you can quote it, or use a sub_routine like below and call it instead of dbh->quote. walt ############################################################# # # nea_quote # replacement for direct dbh->quote which doesn't work well with # mysql which returns '' instead of NULL. sub nea_quote { my ($input) = @_; if (length($input) == 0) { $return_string = "NULL"; return $return_string; } else { $return_string = $dbh->quote($input); return $return_string; } } --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 <mysql-unsubscribe-##L=##[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php