Re: Inserting Apostrophes into SQL

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Another, less elegant IMHO, option would be to use $query = sprintf "insert into da_table values (%s)", $dbh->quote("kjasdfkj'asdflkjasef'sadfhasdfsadf'asdfhasfd'");

Jason L. Froebe

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Re^2: Inserting Apostrophes into SQL by chromatic (Archbishop) on Nov 16, 2011 at 22:54 UTC
Sure, but it's slower and more complicated than placeholders, and easier to get wrong. Why even suggest it? Is there a case where you can't use placeholders? Improve your skills with Modern Perl: the free book.	[reply]
Re^3: Inserting Apostrophes into SQL by jfroebe (Parson) on Nov 18, 2011 at 16:21 UTC
Actually I did run into a Sybase bug a few years ago where the placeholders resulted in the connection being dropped. Jason L. Froebe Blog, Tech Blog	[reply]
Re^4: Inserting Apostrophes into SQL by chromatic (Archbishop) on Nov 18, 2011 at 19:32 UTC
a Sybase bug I hope that's fixed, but say no more. I've had to work around my share of Sybase weirdnesses. Improve your skills with Modern Perl: the free book.	[reply]
Re^3: Inserting Apostrophes into SQL by runrig (Abbot) on Nov 18, 2011 at 20:14 UTC
Sybase can only have one active statement handle, but will transparently clone a database handle when necessary (unless you set the "I don't want that" flag). This means you may run into issues like deadlocks if you're, e.g., inserting in the same loop that you're selecting and fetching in (or other strangeness from having two separate sessions). And then I also ran into a bug where the cloned database handle didn't have the same client character set as the original (reported on the DBI mailing list). Update: And I just noticed that the OP doesn't mention Sybase anywhere...so this point may be moot anyway...	[reply]
Re^4: Inserting Apostrophes into SQL by mpeppler (Vicar) on Nov 24, 2011 at 16:38 UTC
Just a small clarification - it's not Sybase that clones the connection handle - it's DBD::Sybase that does this to try to provide the behavior that DBI expects. Michael	[reply]
Re^5: Inserting Apostrophes into SQL by runrig (Abbot) on Nov 24, 2011 at 18:06 UTC
Re^2: Inserting Apostrophes into SQL by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 16, 2011 at 22:15 UTC
I remember being unable to do that for a numeric field. Do I remember incorrectly?	[reply]

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