You might want to play with the magic_qoutes... On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 01:50, N.A.Morgan@bton.ac.uk wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone out there using PHP and Oracle come across this problem? I have > a text area that allows free-form text that I store in a varchar2 column. I > have problems with apostrophes in the free-form text. When users put in an > apostrophe the SQL fails. If I force 3 apostrophes (the usual Oracle method > of embedding apostrophes) the SQL fails. The only way to get round the > problem is to strip them out (which I consider a work-around not a fix). > > Can anyone help? > > Neil Morgan > Admin Computing Section > University of Brighton > Tel: +44 (0) 1273 64 3930 > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- .: B i g D o g :. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php