On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 01:19:27PM -0500, Ben Marchbanks scratched on the wall: > Abridged sample of the insert statement that produces an error when > trying to insert escaped text..... > > > INSERT INTO pageWords (word) VALUES (" \"nitch\" ");
It is throwing an error because this is not valid SQL. In SQL, string literals use single quotes, so you want: INSERT INTO pageWords (word) VALUES (' "nitch" '); If you're not familiar with SQL syntax, you might want to read this: http://www.sqlite.org/lang_expr.html In specific, on string literals: A string constant is formed by enclosing the string in single quotes ('). A single quote within the string can be encoded by putting two single quotes in a row - as in Pascal. C-style escapes using the backslash character are not supported because they are not standard SQL. -j -- Jay A. Kreibich < J A Y @ K R E I B I.C H > "Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs. We have a protractor." "I'll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string." --from Anathem by Neal Stephenson _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users