GDA Missing records in SQLite
Mark Johnson
mrj001 at shaw.ca
Thu Feb 21 09:34:11 EST 2008
Graham Menhennitt wrote:
> Mark Johnson wrote:
>
>> PostgreSQL gives a warning for '', but accepts it; it prefers \'. MySql
>> takes the ''; I'm not sure about \'. Obviously SQLite won't take the \'.
>>
>> However, the real problem is that it is not gnucash-gda code which is
>> doing the escaping of the single quote. It is libgda, probably the
>> SQLite provider. Therefore not under this project's control.
>>
>>
> Guys, this isn't the right way to do it. When using SQL, you should
> never have to worry about quoting because you shouldn't build SQL
> statements like that. Use a prepared statement and bind the values to
> numbered or named parameters in the SQL. All the relevant providers
> allow it. GDA allows it. Now there may be bugs in GDA - I don't know.
> But at least try to get it to work before worrying about workarounds
> like this.
>
> Graham
>
>
I wasn't suggesting a workaround; merely illustrating differences
between DBs. As soon as I get time, I am going to make a trial project
for purposes of a possible bug report to the libgda project. That's my
first option before any workaround.
Mark
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