On Jun 4, 2007, at 15:10 , Ranieri Mazili wrote:
> I need to insert a path into a table, but because "\" I have a
> error by postgres, so how can I insert a path like bellow into a
> table:
>
> insert into production values ('C:\Program Files\My program');
In v8.0 and later you can use dollar-quoted strings, e.g.,
select $_$C:\Program Files\My program$_$;
?column?
-----------------------------
C:\Program Files\My program
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/sql-syntax-
lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-DOLLAR-QUOTING
For 8.2, you can turn on standard_conforming_strings in
postgresql.conf so \ will be treated literally:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/runtime-config-
compatible.html#GUC-STANDARD-CONFORMING-STRINGS
Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net
