On Saturday, August 22, 2015, Melvin Davidson <melvin6...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >The correct way to escape a quote is to double quote it: 'Mr. M''vey' > > That is a matter of opinion. However, the real problem is the enclosed > backslashes, which is > beyond our control at this point. Therefore, the best solution is to use > ESCAPE E. > > Why is this a best practice and not just "how things work"? If you want to use backlash escapes you use E''. If you don't use a backslash escape it doesn't matter - except if you are writing a backslash and don't want to have to escape it. Beyond that turn your idea of best practice into a requirement and enable standard-conforming-strings. Always using E'' is pragmatic advice but hardly worthy of being considered best practice. The best practice is to write code in such a way that you can leave standard conforming strings off AND not generate any warnings. David J.
