Guard,
First, this kind of beginner question is more appropriate for the NOVICE
list.
> IF update table set field='c:\windows'
> but
>
> c:\windows -> c:windows
That's because "\" is the Unix escape character. If I were to want to
save "O'Reilly", for example, I could:
UPDATE table SET name = 'O\'Reilly';
Since you want to save an actual backslash, do this:
UPDATE table SET field = 'C:\\windows';
In your interface code, you may which to add a function that doubles
your backslashes.
-Josh Berkus
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