Name
quote_identifier( )
Synopsis
$database_handle
->quote_identifier($name
) $database_handle
->quote_identifier($catalog
, $schema
, $database_handle
->quote_identifier($catalog
, $schema
, $table
, \%attributes
)
Use this to escape special characters of an identifier for use in an SQL statement. In the first syntax, the one parameter could be an identifier such as a table name. For the second syntax, the catalog name or link is given for the first parameter, a schema for the second, a table name for the third, and database attributes for the fourth. Here is an example of the first syntax:
my $sql_stmnt = "SHOW indexes FROM " . $dbh->quote_identifier($table);
Below is an example of the second syntax:
my $table_identifier
= $dbh->quote_identifier('link', 'schema', 'table');
The value of $table_identifier
would be
"schema"."table"@"link"
.
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