Re: Quoted string in select and insert - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Bartosz Dmytrak
Subject Re: Quoted string in select and insert
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In response to Quoted string in select and insert  (Alexander Reichstadt <lxr@mac.com>)
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Hi,
try 
 SELECT * FROM persons WHERE firstname='''Peter'''
this is tripe '


Regards,
Bartek


2012/3/2 Alexander Reichstadt <lxr@mac.com>
Hi,

I just migrated from mysql and am running into an issue I found no solution for when researching. Using the web interface I can insert values that contain single-quotes. But using the CLI I found no way to select or insert single quotes:

PetWork=# select * from persons where firstname='\'Peter\'';
Invalid command \'';. Try \? for help.
PetWork-# select * from persons where firstname='\\'Peter\\'';
Invalid command \. Try \? for help.
PetWork-# select * from persons where firstname='\\\'Peter\\\'';
Invalid command \. Try \? for help.
PetWork-# select * from persons where firstname='\\\\'Peter\\\\'';
Invalid command \. Try \? for help.
PetWork-# select * from persons where firstname='\\\\'Peter\\\\'';

On different forums the solution suggested is to prepend backslashes. But it doesn't matter how many backslashes I prepend, it always fails. What does one have to do to achieve that?

Thanks for any help


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