RE: [PHP] odbc_do()

[snip] Not sure if this is the right place to ask. But here it goes. I'm using PHP 4.0.6 and trying to find a way to insert single quoted data. Some of the values in the INSERT statement are single, double quoted, or use backslashes. I cannot seem to use an escape character to input these special characters into an Access database using ODBC. Here's the resulting error: Warning: SQL error: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Syntax error in query expression ''[\']hello[\']', SQL state 37000 in SQLExecDirect in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\blah.php on line 23 INSERT INTO blah (id, title) VALUES (10,'[\']hello[\']') The original string was [']hello[']. If you can help I would greatly appreciate it, if not could you direct me to the appropriate place. [/snip] Are magic quotes turned on in your php.ini? If so you do not have to escape quotes, they are escaped magically for you. A better bet is to turn magic quotes off and use addslashes(); http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.addslashes.php HTH! Jay *********************************************************** * Texas PHP Developers Conf Spring 2003 * * T Bar M Resort & Conference Center * * New Braunfels, Texas * * San Antonio Area PHP Developers Group * * Interested? Contact jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com * ***********************************************************