Sorry, you're quite right, that was just an example and I should have posted 
    SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bar LIKE '%it's not a problem%'

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or similar.

OK for an example of it not working? If I do this: 

$str = $dbh->quote("it's not a problem");

$sth = $dbh->prepare(
"SELECT * FROM practice WHERE name LIKE '%$str%'"
) || die "Error: " . $dbh->errstr;

$sth->execute() || die "Error: " . $dbh->errstr;

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I get an error:

Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax. Check the manual that cor
+responds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use nea
+r 'it\'s not a problem'%'' at line 1 at /foo/bar.cgi line 29.

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What I'm saying is, the quote() function puts backslashes before my apostrophes. But that's not what I need if it's LIKE (something containing an apostrophe). What am I missing?


($_='kkvvttuubbooppuuiiffssqqffssmmiibbddllffss')
=~y~b-v~a-z~s; print

In reply to Re^2: Quoting Strings For SQL LIKE queries by Cody Pendant
in thread Quoting Strings For SQL LIKE queries by Cody Pendant

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