[Israel.pm] Database Insertion

[Uri Bruck]

Georges EL OJAIMI wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to insert random text into a MySQL field. I am having problem in (data = '$datafile') if the original data contain single quote ('). How can I automatically add a trailing slash if found before each single quote in the data?
I use the DBI module for mysql. It has a quote class method that takes 
escapes all the characters that need to be escaped.
Suppose your database handle is $dbh, then instead of
"data = '$datafile'"
use:
" data = ".$dbh->quote($datafile)

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Thanks,
Uri
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