On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jun 2017, Cachique wrote: > > That is correct. You can double the single quotes. Another way is to use >> the E'...' syntax (i.e., E'O\'Brien'). Or you can use the quote_* >> functions ( >> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/functions-string.html) >> > > Walter, > > Thanks for confirming. > I don't know how you'd use the quote_literal with a literal input. PostgreSQL also offers a feature called dollar-quoting. If you place two dollar signs surrounding an optional string before and after the text. i.e., $txt$I've got an unescaped quote in me$txt$ These can be nested, and are particularly useful when writing function bodies. These and more syntax rules can be found here: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/sql-syntax.html In this case section "4.1.2 Constants" David J.
