On Wednesday 17 December 2008, justin said something like: > aravind chandu wrote: > > Hello, > > I have problem with select statement in c++ program I am > > using pqxx library to connect to postgresql database.My query is > > > > result R(T.exec(" select * from dbtable where username = > > ' "+user+" ' and password = ' "+st+" ' ")); > > > > here st is in encrypted format and the string is st = > > M^fuo|`sjyo|`so|>-?z this is the string i stored in the table . > > > > The error I was encountered is "terminate called after > > throwing an instance of 'pqxx::syntax_error' > > what(): ERROR: unterminated quoted string at or near > > "'M^fuo|`sjyo|`so|>-?z" > > LINE 1: ...table where username = 'achandana' and password = > > 'M^fuo|`sj... > > > > ^ " > > > > I am not able to identify what the actual problem is can you guys > > please help to solve this problem?Your help is greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank You, > > Aravind > > Well its telling you in the error the quotes are flaky. It apears > that the password portion contains another sing quote. > > I would move to double dollar quoting when dealing with strings that > contain special characters > > example > R(T.exec(" select * from dbtable where username = $UserName$ " + > user + " $Username$ and password = $Password$ " + st + " $Password$ > ")); > > see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/sql-syntax-lexical.html > on dollar quoting Better yet, use placeholders and let the driver do the quoting. j -- Joshua Kugler Part-Time System Admin/Programmer http://www.eeinternet.com PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ ID 0xDB26D7CE -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general