[RESOLVED] Javascript: Escape Apostrophe

[OneSource]

Hi,

I would think that this has been asked a thousand times, but I couldn't find a simple way to do this. If my javascript string has an apostrophe (or multiple apostrophes), how do I escape it (them)? I'm doing a SQL lookup based on the string and names like O'Reilly cause my app to choke!

Thanks,
OneSource

[mendhak]

Use \'

[OneSource]

Yea, I know how to escape the character, but I want a function to search the string, locate the apostrophes and return a string with them properly escaped ... In other words, a replace function ....

[anotherVBnewbie]

Maybe you could split the string and then rebuild it with escaped apostrophes? I havn't done much JS in awhile but when I do and I run into a problem I turn to javascript.internet.com looking for source code...

[OneSource]

thanks. I was able to figure it out using the escape function in my *.js file and using the replace function in my VB.Net webservice to replace single quotes with double quotes.