On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Tom Lane wrote:
> michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Tom Lane wrote: > >> It's hardly a bug that you get a syntax error when $data contains > >> a single quote. It's up to you to construct a well-formed query > >> string to give to spi_exec_query, and this code is not doing that. > > > As I understand it the input strings are correctly escaped > > > INSERT INTO test VALUES ('No problem here'); > > INSERT INTO test VALUES ('It''s a problem here'); > > INSERT INTO test VALUES ('It\'s also a problem here'); > > Yeah, but by the time your trigger sees it, the data isn't escaped > anymore. The light dawns, Thankyou very much for clearing that up for me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael John Lush PhD Tel:44-20-7679-5027 Nomenclature Bioinformatician Fax:44-20-7387-3496 HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Galton Laboratory University College London, UK URL: http://www.gene.ucl.ac.uk/nomenclature/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend