Re: Help needed with standard_conforming_strings

On May 9, 2008, at 06:48, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:

> The end goal is to implement a $dbh->quote() that emulates the  
> behavior
> of PG's quote_literal while still sticking to the DBI API, and I  
> think the
> current solution (e.g. what I committed last night) is probably the
> best solution.

"And if you don't like it, use prepared statements with placeholders,  
instead. You're better off doing so, anyway."

FWIW, I hacked the Rails PostgreSQL driver's quote_string method to  
prepend an "E" to a string if it contained a backslash. Saved me a  
shitload of warnings.

Best,

David