Re: [GENERAL] Escaping \n

2008-03-28 Thread Sam Mason
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 05:29:06PM -0400, Terry Lee Tucker wrote: > Thanks Sam. No, that is not what I tried. I had tried: > UPDATE bill SET notes = 'blah, blah, yeaE'\n'more stuff.' > It didn't dawn on me that the E went in front of the whole string! it's always easy when you know how! > Thanks

Re: [GENERAL] Escaping \n

2008-03-28 Thread Terry Lee Tucker
On Friday 28 March 2008 17:21, Sam Mason wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 05:06:10PM -0400, Terry Lee Tucker wrote: > > HINT: Use the escape string syntax for escapes, e.g., E'\r\n'. > > > > The problem is a line like 'UPDATE bill SET notes = 'blah, blah, > > yea\nmore stuff'; > > > > How to I esc

Re: [GENERAL] Escaping \n

2008-03-28 Thread Sam Mason
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 05:06:10PM -0400, Terry Lee Tucker wrote: > HINT: Use the escape string syntax for escapes, e.g., E'\r\n'. > > The problem is a line like 'UPDATE bill SET notes = 'blah, blah, yea\nmore > stuff'; > > How to I escape the newline embeded in the string? I've tried the advic