Comments on Real Software: Escaping Quotes

It is great for a small example like you posted bu...

2009-03-31T01:18:00.000-05:00

It is great for a small example like you posted but I find if I am concatenating a large string with a lot of quotes syntax errors are much easier to figure out with a constant.

I use both depending on complexity. Good for folks to know they have the option :^)

Will a backslash work as well, like in Perl?

2009-03-29T01:56:00.000-05:00
Will a backslash work as well, like in Perl?

e.g. "Hello \"World\""

Of course, but most people I've seen using constan...

2009-03-27T17:32:00.000-05:00

Of course, but most people I've seen using constants or chr(34) simply didn't realize typing the quote twice was an option.

"Makes the string a little more legible, doesn't i...

2009-03-27T16:52:00.000-05:00

"Makes the string a little more legible, doesn't it?"

No, it doesn't, IMO. There's a reason some of use use a constant.

But, to each his own.

I read somewhere that you can get into trouble wit...

2009-03-26T17:39:00.000-05:00

I read somewhere that you can get into trouble with SQLlite if you use double quotes on SQL statements. Is it better to use:?
dim name as String

name="Marcos"

sql="Select * from mytable where first_name='"+name+"'"

just a thought.

Thanks for the tip!

2009-03-25T17:12:00.000-05:00

Thanks for the tip!

Comments on Real Software: Escaping Quotes

It is great for a small example like you posted bu...

Will a backslash work as well, like in Perl? 2009-03-29T01:56:00.000-05:00 Will a backslash work as well, like in Perl?e.g. "Hello \"World\""

Of course, but most people I've seen using constan...

"Makes the string a little more legible, doesn't i...

I read somewhere that you can get into trouble wit...

Thanks for the tip!

Will a backslash work as well, like in Perl?

2009-03-29T01:56:00.000-05:00
Will a backslash work as well, like in Perl?

e.g. "Hello \"World\""