On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 10:35:20PM +1030, Neanderthelle Jones wrote: > About the string "Smith \& Jones". > > According to the documentation, > > INSERT INTO thing (name) VALUES ('Smith E'\\'& Jones'); > > must work. But it doesn't. You're putting things in the wrong places! The "E" says that the following literal is using C style escaping. I.e. you want to say: E'Smith \\& Jones' Hope that helps! -- Sam http://samason.me.uk/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general