Slashes or no slashes

[email protected] (Karl DeSaulniers)
Newsgroups php.db
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
Hello,
When I add an item to my database and I use addslashes(),
do I have to use addslashes() to a query that looks for that item?
Or would I be adding double slashes and canceling my own result?
TIA

Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com
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