the actual horror story query is: update link set path=insert(path,1,13,'\\test\\test21\\') where person_id = 8 and path like '\\test\\test2\\%'
am going slightly dilly :/ --- "even if my world is weird its my world" > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith C. Ivey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 15:27 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: suspected bug... > > > On 13 Mar 2003, at 14:59, lauren wrote: > > > if u try to execute a query such as: > > > > insert into foo (id,textfield) values (54,'\\fred\\') > > > > the query fails > > > > if i add a space after the last \\ it works > > this is a real pain personally cos we use a lot of that stuff :( > > You'll have to show us exactly how you're getting the query to MySQL. > Are you using PHP? Perl? C? Regardless, I suspect that by the time > the SQL gets to MySQL you don't have as many backslashes as you think > you do. Constructing strings that have contain backslashes, > especially multiple backslashes, and passing them around can be > tricky. If you're doing this in PHP: > > $sql = "INSERT INTO foo (id, text_field) VALUES (54, '\\fred\\')"; > > then the string doesn't actually contain double backslashes, only > single ones, so it'll be invalid if you pass it to MySQL. You'll > need quadruple backslashes in your PHP to end up with double > backslashes in your SQL. (And things get even worse if you're using > LIKE, which involves yet another level of escaping.) > > If your backslash-containing strings are file paths, you might > consider avoiding the complication and using forward slashes instead. > They work fine on Windows in most contexts. > > -- > Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Tobacco Documents Online > http://tobaccodocuments.org > Phone 202-667-6653 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
