php.ini & magic quotes

Everyday I scratch my head..... In php.ini in the C:\WINNT it is said; ; Magic quotes for incoming GET/POST/Cookie data. magic_quotes_gpc = Off ; Magic quotes for runtime-generated data, e.g. data from SQL, from exec(), etc. magic_quotes_runtime = Off In phpinfo() it is said; magic_quotes_gpc On On magic_quotes_runtime Off Off [note the disparity] and get_magic_quotes_gpc() returns a 1 (for 'on') I am having a helluva time escaping single quotes for use with MSSQL because it throws the following error.... SELECT EPC, Owner, Location, Application, Process, Product, Purchased, Comments FROM intranet.dbo.CustomerRelations WHERE Purchased = '1990\'\'s' ORDER BY EPC DESC Filter=Purchased&FilterKey=1990\'\'s <--$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] 1 <--get_magic_quotes_gpc Warning: odbc_exec(): SQL error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '\'., SQL state 37000 in SQLExecDirect in E:\fubar\iamscrewed\windowsblows\index.php on line 51 [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '\'. Slashes are being inserted during the post, but i cannot get them to go away...stripslashes doesn;t work.....can anyone help me get rid of the slashes? Or should I just go for a nice motorcycle ride in the Hill Country?