Performance-wise (and security-wise wrt possible sql-injecting hacks) I would use a SQLCommand object and a parameterised query rather than a direct SQL string (therefore removing the requirement for this type of function)
Merak > I have the following helper method to format sql string parameters: > > public static string DoQuotes(string sqlParam) > { > if (sqlParam.IndexOf("'") > 0) > { > sqlParam = sqlParam.Replace("'","''"); > } > > return "'" + sqlParam + "'"; > } > > > Is there a better way, performance-wise? > > thanks, Greg You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.