My database path name has an ampersand in it. "...\mthly calcs & projections...".
Unfortunately, the path name cannot be changed. How do I deal with this case? Is there a way to specify the database path to the driver so it accepts the path with an ampersand? Maybe escaping it somehow or encoding it differently?
In the connection string if I use "&" doesn't work because ";" is interpreted as an option delimiter.
"jdbc:easysoft:mdb?DBQ=...\\mthly calcs & projections\\...\\Databases\\myDatabase.accdb;ExtendedAnsiSQL=1;READONLY=False;EXCLUSIVE=True"
I tested it by changing the path name by replacing the "&" with "and" and it works fine. Unfortunately in the production version the path names are fixed and I can't change them to remove the "&".
Escaping the ampersand should work:
"jdbc:easysoft:mdb?DBQ=...\\mthly calcs \& projections\\...\\Databases\\myDatabase.accdb;ExtendedAnsiSQL=1;READONLY=False;EXCLUSIVE=True"
Related
I know we have a similar question here
Passing a parameter via URL to SQL Server Reporting Services
My issue is if I have a parameter that contains the special character &, how can I pass it via URL?
In the following example (borrowed from the link above), if my UserID parameter has a value of "abc123", I will have the following syntax
http://server.domain.com/ReportServer?/ReportFolder1/ReportSubfolder1/ReportName&UserID=ABC123&rc:Toolbar=false
But the problem is if I have UserID = "abc&123", with the "&" as a special character, if I still use the previous format, it will fail out
http://server.domain.com/ReportServer?/ReportFolder1/ReportSubfolder1/ReportName&UserID=ABC&123&rc:Toolbar=false
So how should I handle this "&" in "abc&123" ?
Thanks a lot in advance for your time.
Jeff
I 'think' you'll need to encode the & to '%26'
http://server.domain.com/ReportServer?/ReportFolder1/ReportSubfolder1/ReportName&UserID=ABC%26123&rc:Toolbar=false
I'm have a SSIS connection string that includes an escape character which is preventing the connection string from working. Does anyone know how to prevent the escape character from being applied?
Here is an example of my database connection: DatabaseServer\DInstanceName
If you're building connection string dynamically from variables or even if you don't, you can use Properties-> Expressions-> Connection string expression where you can test the resulting output of the expression. And use \ to escape any character.
Better approach would be to use SSIS XML Configuration so you don't need to edit your package everytime you need to make some changes in connection string.
the escaping will be "\" it will give you \ but for your connection string I alredy give a solution on you other ques . here also I am pasting the same thing. plz check it :)
I have taken the first parameter for connction string like : "anystaring
and the second parameter for the db is : newdb"
so now check the screenshot I have given the URL(not able to upload the image sorry):
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2v3oj6x&s=8#.VHQ8aSjrbcs
I have a data driven subscription with the file name as one of the columns in the object that SSRS uses to fulfill the subscription.
The file name is the subject of the report. I have tested this a few ways and the error is happening with the file name, not when I pass the item as a parameter.
For example, the report as a single Parameter, Item.
The report is written to a file share:
Path: \\directory\store
Parameter: Item=Blue&White
File Name: Blue&White.pdf
I have tried substituting the "&" with other characters, and of course it works, but it is really important for the file to be named Blue&White.pdf
Any suggestions are appreciated.
I think it is interpreting the '&' as an argument separator as application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
You may want to consider different encoding of the Unicode Character 'AMPERSAND' (U+0026). However since '&' is used as an escape character you options may be limited.
&
%26
\u0026
I am using a data driven subscription and used the SQL command to set the filename. The REPLACE function was used to change '&' to 'and'.
I am concerned about inserting text in a MySQl table w.
I have to insert/update text that contains characters such as / " and '
The escape character / could be inserted only if the NO_BACKSLASH_ESCAPES SQL mode is enabled. wich interfere with the characters " and ' see this link http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/string-literals.html#character-escape-sequences
If anyone can explain to is in earth the mysql_real_escape_string() I don't came to understated
I would like to find a pure mysql solution
I am not using php. What I am trying to do here is to "simulate " Content Management System: I am about to write a C# coded solution that manage the content in its different forms(article, category ,tag, etc..) and generate .html files, the MySQl database is local in my computer next i will upload the .html files to the server.
I did this to ensure that all my html pages are html valid and because I don't trust any existent solutions (not only when it concerns coding but in life in general)
Please help
each php db connection extension (mysql, mysqli, pdo) has a special way to safe query against sql injections, when you are using mysql extension, it's strongly recommended to use mysql_real_escape_string() function to make safe all variables used in query, it's most widely used function. i think there isn't any pure solution (when you are using mysql extension in php).
from php.net:
mysql_real_escape_string()-Escapes special characters in the
unescaped_string, taking into account the current character set of the
connection so that it is safe to place it in a mysql_query().
Whatever string data can be inserted into SQL query, if formatted according to 2 rules
it is enclosed in quotes (preferably single ones)
it is passed through mysql_real_escape_string()
if both rules followed, there would be not a single problem with whatever characters, either slashes, quotes or anything.
According to your question, / has no special meaning in MySQL. It's \ that is escape character. It can be escaped by another backslash as well.
$str = 'slashes \ quotes \' or whatever " else symbols';
var_dump($str);
$str = mysql_real_escape_string($str);
$sql = "INSERT INTO table SET str='$str'";
Im trying to use an expression to a sub package in SSIS however it always errors out stating that it cannot find the dtsx file. Ive copied the path to explorer and it seems to be correct.
The error also states that expression cannot be written to the property. My code is below.
#[User::vRoot] + "\Employees.dtsx" with #[User::vRoot] being a variable stored in SQL
Any Ideas
Try to escape the backslash in the expression using an additional backslash.
#[User::vRoot] + "\\Employees.dtsx"
In such a scenario where I need to concatenate folder and file name, I always do it this way. I usually create two variables named FolderPath and FileName. Let's assume FolderPath contains C:\temp\ (make sure it ends with a back slash) and FileName contains Employees.dtsx.
I will create a third variable named FilePath and will set the EvaluateAsExpression property of this variable to true. I will set the following expression in this variable so it dynamically evaluates the value.
#[User::FolderPath] + #[User::FileName]
Hope that helps.
Backslash is an escape character here, so if you want to represent a literal backslash, it's "\\".
I also suggest, as a general rule, instead of hardcoding a backslash in the string concatenation, to use this method to consider potential trailing backslashes in the first variable:
#[User::vRoot] + (RIGHT(#[User::vRoot], 1) == "\\" ? "" : "\\") + "Employees.dtsx"