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List:       mysql
Subject:    Re: mysql: escapeing double quotes in the C API
From:       Paul DuBois <paul () snake ! net>
Date:       1998-08-31 21:14:07
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>hi guys.  my docs on the C API seem to be missing a really nice feature that
>the PERL
>API has:  the quote method.
>
>for example this:
>$company_id = $dbh->quote($company_id);
>
>well, I am in need of such a function.  Does such a function exist?  I'm
>running into problems
>with users submitting a text field with double quotation marks in it
>
>If I had some sort of string search and replace in C I could do it that way
>as well.
>I suppose I could write my own that reallocs the string and such but I dont
>want to reinvent the wheel if I dont have to :)


mysql_escape_string(), section 18.4.12 of the manual.

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