Re: Trouble Escaping Quotes

Yes, but how do you escape the quote when the value of the string isn't know
until the function is run?

If $rma_data->{\'company_name\'} is returning Bob's Fixit at run time, how
do escape the quote BEFORE Perl interprets the string and generates an
error?

Regards,
Chuck

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua D. Drake [mailto:jd@commandprompt.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:12 PM
> To: Haron, Charles
> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Trouble Escaping Quotes
>
> Haron, Charles wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm using a perl function in my PosgreSQL database to send an email.
> > However, field data containing single quotes causes the
> function to fail.
> > I'm having trouble escaping the quotes.  Sample function
> definition follows.
>
> You escape single quotes in PostgreSQL with 2 single quotes... e.g;
>
> print 'foo';
>
> Should be:
>
> print ''foo''; (not double quotes, two single quotes)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joshua D. Drake
>
>
> >
> >
> > If company_name is Bob's Fixit, the function will fail.
> >
> > CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION public.send_rma(rma_info)
> >   RETURNS void AS
> > '
> >     use Mail::Sender;
> >     my ($rma_data) = @_;
> >     my ($sender) = new Mail::Sender {
> >       smtp => \'192.168.1.1\',
> >       from => \'supp@cog.com\',
> >      on_errors => \'die\'
> >     };
> >
> >     $sender->Open({
> >       to => \'pgsql-admin@postgresql.org\',
> >       cc => \'supp@cog.com\',
> >       subject => "RMA Request $rma_data->{\'rma\'}"
> >     });
> >
> >     $sender->SendLineEnc("[RMA]");
> >     $sender->SendLineEnc("$rma_data->{\'rma\'}");
> >
> >     $sender->SendLineEnc("[CASE NUMBER]");
> >     $sender->SendLineEnc("$rma_data->{\'case_number\'}");
> >
> >     $sender->SendLineEnc("[COMPANY NAME]");
> >     $sender->SendLineEnc("$rma_data->{\'company_name\'}");
> >
> >     $sender->Close();
> >
> > '
> >   LANGUAGE 'plperlu' STABLE;
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chuck
> >
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