escape characters when inserting into a table

[Otandeka Simon Peter]

Hi All,

My apologies if I sent the wrong question but I need your help.

I am using perl + postgres in an app am writing. However I am failing to
find a function to escape characters just like you use addslashes in php.

Do I have to use a regex expression to do that or there is a function to
use.

Thanks in advance.

P.