I have a situation where I'm looping through to generate a SQL statement to update a table. Wha'ts happening though is The site name has an apostrophe in the value and the perl script throws an error at that point.

 SQL = UPDATE LIR_BUT_SITE
   SET ROW_IDENTIFIER =  '4'
, M_CUSTOMER_ABBREV =  'IBHW'
, M_SITE_KEY =  'R_LIR_BUT_SITE-'
, RESP_CENTER =  'Global Custom Svcs GCSC'
, M_SITE_NAME =  'MZ3481-CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WALTHAM'

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Here is the piece of code that generates the SQL 
 for $idx (0..$#hdr) {
                if ($row[$idx] ne "") {
                        if ($found ne "N") {
                                $updstmt .= ", ";
                                $insstmt .= ", ";
                                $valstmt .= ", ";
                        }
                        $found = "Y";

                       
                        $updstmt .= $hdr[$idx]." =  '".$row[$idx]."' \
+r\n";

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The values for the update are generated by the $row$idx.How do I put that $row$idx within double quotes or how do i make the perl interpreter escape any apostrophes in that field. Can some one suggest a solution?

Thanks.

In reply to Escaping Apostrophe by perl_gvenk

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