Re: [GENERAL] Quoted strings on CLI

2012-03-02 Thread Alexander Reichstadt
Thanks a lot, I use the '' approach, works for my case. Regards Am 02.03.2012 um 10:14 schrieb Pavel Stehule: > Hello > > you cannot use a \ escaping when you have standard_conforming_strings enabled. > > There are four ways: > > first - use a usual way for using quotes - use a doubling sin

Re: [GENERAL] Quoted strings on CLI

2012-03-02 Thread Pavel Stehule
Hello you cannot use a \ escaping when you have standard_conforming_strings enabled. There are four ways: first - use a usual way for using quotes - use a doubling single quotes postgres=# select 'Peter''s toy'; ?column? ─ Peter's toy (1 row) or you can use a own string delimite

[GENERAL] Quoted strings on CLI

2012-03-02 Thread Alexander Reichstadt
Hi, I just migrated from mysql and am running into an issue I found no solution for when researching. Using the web interface I can insert values that contain single-quotes. But using the CLI I found no way to select or insert single quotes: PetWork=# select * from persons where firstname='\'P