Hi Bruce, Thursday, July 5, 2007, 1:26:01 AM, you wrote: > Thanks. Sorry, I should have mentioned I'm using MS Sql Server and > I don't see a mssql equivalent to that function. MSSQL treats '' as an escaped ', not \' like MySQL does. So you can't addslashes it. Perform your own ' to '' conversion. Also check to see if you've got RUNTIME Magic Quotes on, because that will auto-escape data (\'), which is pointless for MSSQL. Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.corephp.co.uk "Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window" -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php