There are two main ways to deal with this using DBI. The first is their quote function: 
# this works, but don't do it... The "correct" way is bind-vars
$value = $dbh->quote("sneaky text with posessives' in it");  $sql = "u
+pdate set column = $value";

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The coolest most modern way to do it is bind vars: 

# Do this every time:
my $sth = $dbh->prepare("update table set column=?") or die $dbh->errs
+tr;
   $sth->execute("sneaky text with posessives' in it") or die $dbh->er
+rstr;

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If you use the bind-vars every single time, you'll very rarely have the kinds of horrible security problems that plague early php programs (sql injection).

-Paul

In reply to Re: Escape single quotes in a SQL query by jettero
in thread Escape single quotes in a SQL query by Woodman

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