Nate said: >Okay, the double quotes come from the CD-ROM and the only way to change >them is with a bunch of string mangling. I'm reluctant to do so since >each data file is on the order of 2 MB or more. Since my script and >SQLite didn't seem to notice the difference except for the >aforementioned '?"' problem. > >The single quoted text came from the .dump command in sqlite as I was >trying to show a before and after of the data I have to work with. I >realize I should have been more clear. > >If I need to change the double quote characters to single quote >characters when processing the data file, I will then need to escape >every apostrophe that is embedded in the string as well, right?
As long as you think each file is consistently formatted, I would do something like this: $insert_sql_str = read_from_cd_file(); $insert_sql_str =~ s/'/''/g; # escape existing single quotes $insert_sql_str =~ s/"/'/g; # convert doubles to singles execute_sql_against_db( $insert_sql_str ); That does your mangling concisely, then. -- Darren Duncan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
