Re: [GENERAL] Problem with apostrophe - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Amos Hayes wrote:

> > Is there any way of having an apostrophe in a data field?
> > It is a problem because the apostrophe is the same character as the single
> > quote, so the database gets a parser error when a name such as "O'Brian"
> > is entered.
>
> Have you tried doubling up?   'O''Brian'
>
> That is what I have to do in Oracle anyway.

Isn't there an escape character, like the slash?

Brett W. McCoy
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