you can use the addslashes() function. This will make O'Brien O\'Brien and
the db will take it. In php4 this happens by default
Tim.
Timothy P. Maguire
Web Developer II
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"Adam Lang"
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06/14/01 01:28 PM
It could fluctuate on each database, so always check the appropriate
documentation, but...
the standard way usually is to double the apostrophe
O'Brien would be O''Brien (the middle is two apostrophes, not a quote)
Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
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> aalang@rutgersinsurance.com writes:
> >
> >Plus, you have to make sure to check for apostrophes. That will break
> >your
> >SQL statement if someone typed them into the text field.
> >
>
> Well, this caveat had never occured to me. So how does someone enter
> strings with enclosed apostrophes, as in the Irish surname O'Mallory or
> the Yemeni placename Sana'a?
>
> Gary
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