Re: Quote Question

On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:22:20AM -0500, John DeSoi wrote:
> On Mar 30, 2005, at 10:31 AM, Greg Lindstrom wrote:
> >
> >2.  How can I insert single (and double) ticks into my data fields?
>
> You double the quote or use \
>
> VALUES('Woman''s Health', '') or
> VALUES('Woman\'s Health', '')
>
> There should be a function in your pg Python interface to handle this
> for you.

Indeed, and if you use parameterized queries then it should happen
automagically.  Is this client code or a server-side (PL/Python)
function?  If client-side, which PostgreSQL driver are you using?

conn = psycopg.connect('dbname=testdb')
curs = conn.cursor()
sql = 'INSERT INTO foo (val1, val2) VALUES (%s, %s)'
val1 = "single'quote"
val2 = 'double"quote'
curs.execute(sql, (val1, val2))
conn.commit()

SELECT * FROM foo;
 id |     val1     |     val2
----+--------------+--------------
  1 | single'quote | double"quote
(1 row)

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