On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, postgresql wrote:
> but this is exactally correct behavior.....you can use either two single quotes to
> escape the quote or the backslash so.....
>
> ' '' \\ '' '
> singlequote to start the sequence(string)
> two singlequotes to insert an escape then a singlequote (yields a single quote)
> a backslash to escape the following backslash (yields a single backslash)
> two singlequotes to insert an escape then a singlequote (yields a single quote)
> then ended by a single quote
>
> this is acting correctly.....
Yes. I'm assuming that '\' was what he wanted out, so I gave
the sequence that worked for me. He said he'd tried escaping
the backslash and didn't have it work, but I'm not sure what
he meant by that.