mrras25:

That's why davido mentioned placeholders. It's something like:

# Prepare a statement...
my $sth = $dbh->prepare("insert into dbtable (vol) values (?)");
my $funky_string = "/vol/enycmmcfl01b_ssd2_home_1b_a/CBirbigl$'s";
$sth->execute($funky_string);

[download]

This way, you don't have to worry about the odd characters inside your statement. Building your own statements like you were trying to do just leads to the difficulties you're experiencing. That's why placeholders were invented.

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

In reply to Re^3: Need help escaping literal string by roboticus
in thread Need help escaping literal string by mrras25

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.