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==Purpose==
 
==Purpose==
Function to return escape out or disallow certain string contencts
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Function to return a string where certain characters or strings have been escaped out or removed
  
 
==Syntax==
 
==Syntax==

Latest revision as of 12:22, 2 March 2017

Purpose

Function to return a string where certain characters or strings have been escaped out or removed

Syntax

STR_ESCAPE(<expC>)

See Also

ASC(), AT(), ATNEXT(), CHR(), CHRTRAN(), DECODE(), ENCODE(), HTML_ENTITIES(), HTML_ENTITY_DECODE(), INLIST(), LEFT(), OCCURS(), RAT(), RIGHT(), STR(), STR_ESCAPE(), STR_REPLACE(), STREXTRACT(), STRTRAN(), STUFF(), SUBSTR()

Description

The STR_ESCAPE() function will search <expC> and return a string where certain characters or strings have been escaped out or removed.

  • Single quotes are escaped out as to enable embedding within strings
  • Embedded SQL statements are disallowed to prevent SQL injection attacks

Example

? str_escape("Grocer's apostrophe")
Grocer''s apostrophe