"blackwater dev" <blackwaterdev@gmail.com> writes:
> I have data that I'm running through pg_escape_sting in php and then adding
> to stdin for a copy command. The problem is "O'reilly" is being changed to
> "O''Reilly" in the string and then in the db.

pg_escape_string is designed to produce a string properly quoted for use
as a literal in a SQL command. It is completely wrong for data that is
to go into COPY input. I kinda doubt that PHP has anything built-in
that's suitable for COPY, though I could be wrong ...

regards, tom lane

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