On Friday 25 June 2004 01:03 pm, Hans_L wrote: > Gerard Samuel wrote: > <snip> > > > So Im guessing that this is how "prepared" statements are done on other > > databases. > > > > After being trained to do it one way (always escaping "bad" content), Im > > being shown to do it the other way, and Im looking for any suggestions > > you may have. > > Yes, the idea with prepared statements is that the database (or > transport layer, etc.) knows how to properly escape the values. Thanks for your reply. I wasn't sure who was respondsible for "cleaning up" data sent to the db. So I guess Ill continue with the thought that prepared statements (in databases that can use it) takes care of it. Thanks -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php