Thank you all for your help.
-----
mydb=# EXECUTE
fetch_count_fterm_sql('3'',5''-cyclic-nucleotide
phosphodiesterase activity');
count
-------
17
(1 row)
This particular option solved my problem. It was easy
to manipulate in R (no problem of \ at all )
----
This was more crude way I was working before.
mydb=# EXECUTE
fetch_count_fterm_sql('3\',5\'-cyclic-nucleotide
phosphodiesterase activity');
count
-------
17
(1 row)
Thanks again for immediate help.
--- Cyrus Downey <cdowney@pryermachine.com> wrote:
> Srinivas ,
>
> Here is the help topic with covers it well.
>
>
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-syntax.html#SQL-SYNTAX-CONSTANTS
>
> good luck
>
> Brian Hurt wrote:
> > Srinivas Iyyer wrote:
> >
> >> Dear group, In one of my tables, the varchar data
> includes
> >> single-quotes.
> >> Example:
> >> 3',5'-cyclic-nucleotide phosphodiesterase
> >>
> >> I populated tables by introducing \ in front of '
> >> Example:
> >> 3\',5\'-cyclic-nucleotide phosphodiesterase
> >>
> >>
> >> I am using R to query and analyze the data and it
> is
> >> turning out to be a problem to get a character
> vector
> >> in R to have the output like this:
> >>
> >> EXECUTE
> count_fterm_sql('3\',5\'-cyclic-nucleotide
> >> phosphodiesterase activity');
> >>
> >> somehow it always provides me EXECUTE
> >> count_fterm_sql('3\\',5\\'-cyclic-nucleotide
> >> phosphodiesterase activity');
> >>
> >> The above query with two \\ does not work in
> postgres.
> >>
> >>
> >> I tried a variety of tricks in R to get to what I
> want
> >> that suits postgres. No luck.
> >> so I decided to substitute where ever I find
> instances
> >> of ' (i.e: 3', 10', esterase's etc) to "prime".
> >> Eg: 3prime, 10prime, esterasesprimes.
> >> I have all my data in table gobe. I dont know how
> many
> >> rows have ' character.
> >> how can I substitute ' with prime in the whole
> table.
> >> BTW, is this a good way to solve the problem.
> For
> >> instance bioinformatics people who are dealing
> with GO
> >> terms, how are they approaching this problem.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > A better solution might be to use $_$ instead of '
> to quote strings.
> > If you use $_$, you don't need to escape '.
> > # select $_$Foo'bar$_$;
> > ?column?
> > ----------
> > Foo'bar
> > (1 row)
> >
> > #
> >
> > Note that you can use any sequence of alphabetical
> characters or
> > underscores to do quotes- so
> > $foobar$$_$'$_$$foobar$
> > is the quoted string $_$'$_$.
> >
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------(end of
> broadcast)---------------------------
> > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?
> >
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
> >
>
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