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Re: how do I put a & in a varchar2?

From: Martin Jesterhoudt <martinj_at_worldonline.nl>
Date: 1997/09/18
Message-ID: <34218b22.2696597@news.worldonline.nl>#1/1

On Wed, 17 Sep 1997 18:24:55 -0400, David Kramer <Dskramer_at_concentric.net> wrote:

>If I use a & in my insert, it thinks I'm defining a variable. In fact,
>I'm inserting a URL into a field in my database. How do I escape it?

Use the ASCII equivalent CHR(<....>)

Maybe you can define another character as macro character.


Received on Thu Sep 18 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT

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