Re: Cannot seem to save a string with double quotes

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From: Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \) ("Ignacio)
Date: 04/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:07:16 -0400

Hi Steven,

 If I understand correctly you want both the \ and the " to appear in the
string right?

What is happening is that \ is the "escape character" meaning that the next
character should not be interpreted as a especial char.
 So what \" gets converted in " and the \ is eliminated, cause it's used
only as a "escape"
 Now if you want the \ to appear you just simply "escape" it too :)
\\ will do the trick

Cheers, 

-- 
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation
"Steven Blair" <steven.blair@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:uj3IBY5KEHA.988@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I need to update a DB Table (MySQL 4.0) with a string representing a
> directory path (C:\Temp\In) but cannot get C# to do this.
>
> I take the string value from a textbox (myStr = myText.Text) and pass
> this to a function.
>
> The function builds up a SQL string which will be executed:
>
> SQLString = String.Format( "UPDATE BSConfig " +
> "SET BSConfig_Inbound = \"{0}\",myStr);
>
> This puts the quotes round the text, but remvoes the slashes. I tried
> using the @ character (not sure what you call this lol) and the \" but
> was given an error.
>
> SQLString = String.Format( @"UPDATE BSConfig " +
> "SET BSConfig_Inbound = \"{0}\",myStr); //Not allowed
>
> Anyone help me out ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Steven
>
>
>
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