On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 10:22:02AM -0600, Jeff Isom wrote:
> I am fairly new to MySQL and I am unfamiliar with the term "escaped form".
This a Unix-ism. For instance:
"this line"
'this line'
this\ line
The last two are functionally equivalent. The last one has an
'escaped' space embedded within it. Ie., the shell is forced to
interpret the third line just like it would the second line.
All of these have to do with how the "shell" interprets them.
Here's some more:
$var
"$var"
'$var'
In this, the first two are equivalent. Single quotes "protect"
variables from shell interpretation. Double quotes do not.
All of this is explained in most introductory Unix books.
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