Re: [GENERAL] Apostrophes et al in a files with text attribute

On Fri, 15 May 1998, The Web Administrator wrote:

> I have passed text via a Perl CGI to my database, and tried storing text
> 
> into a field with the text attribute.  Only problem is if there is an
> apostrophe in the string as in the word "can't"
> it will not INSERT.... hmm... isn't "isn't" text?
> 
> hehehe.. anyways, what is the usual work around?

escape it with a \ and it will work...