NAME

       DB::escape - Escape a string to be used as part of a query

SYNOPSIS

       String escape( String val )

ARGUMENTS

       val The String to escape

DESCRIPTION

       Escapes  backslashes,  apostrophes and quotes in a string to protect against SQL injection
       attacks. This function should be used only as a last resort -  prepared  statements  using
       DB.prepare  (3kaya)  and  DB.execPrepared (3kaya) are supported by all database libraries,
       and are far less prone to human error.

AUTHORS

       Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For
       further information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later  version)  as
       published by the Free Software Foundation.