Re: Removing slashes from the database

On 02/06/15 22:58, Aziz Saleh wrote:

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:50 PM, Ron Piggott <ron.piggott@actsministries.org <mailto:ron.piggott@actsministries.org>> wrote:

    I am working through the process of removing \'s from the
    database. I am trying to get this query using a variable starting
    with "<<<"

    $query1  =<<<EOF
    UPDATE TABLE_NAME SET COLUMN_NAME =
    REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(COLUMN_NAME,'\\\'','\''),'\\\"','"'),'\\\\','\\');
    EOF;

    But when I go to execute the query I am getting the error:

    |#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual
    that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right
    syntax to use near '\''),'\\"','"'),'\\','\')' at line 1 |

    Could someone help me know what \ and ' should be part of this
    query so it will execute correctly --- only removing \'s from the
    database table text columns?

    Thank you.

    Ron

When you say remove, as replace all occurrences with an empty string, or replace with a different character? I want \" to become just "

I want \' to become just ' I also want however \ was escaped to become just \ (I am trying to revert the text back to what it was originally before mysql_escape_string was applied) I hope this helps elaborate. Ron