Christopher Masto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I only have one issue - the SQL standard seems to support the use
> of '' to escape a single quote, but not \'. Though PostgreSQL has
> an extended notion of character string literals, I think that the
> usual policy of using the standard interface when possible should
> apply.
The first version escaped ' with ''. I changed it when I noticed that
if \' is used instead, the same function can be used for strings
('...') and identifiers ("...").
In addition, you have to replace \ with \\, so you are forced
to leave the grounds of the standard anyway.
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