I have a string in my ruby code which ends with a backslash:
acc.secret_key = "ASJSJJDSJFJJFFJJFJF\"
acc.save
Above is the code snippet, when I try to save it using Active record I get an error, I tried adding another slash that is
acc.secret_key = "ASJSJJDSJFJJFFJJFJF\\"
acc.save
But now I have two slashes in the DB. What am I missing? THanks a lot.
Are you seeing this in the console? If thats the case you're just seeing the escaping not two actual backslashes.
string = "1234\\"
# => "1234\\"
string.length
# => 5 (if there were two \\'s the length would be 6)
string
# => "1234\\"
puts string
# 1234\
# => nil
If you look up a record with an escaped backslash in your db console you should see one backslash.
tests_development=> select * from tests WHERE tests.id = 1;
id | name | created_at | updated_at | public
----+-----------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+--------
1 | this is a test\ | 2013-02-05 21:44:12.339854 | 2013-02-05 21:44:12.339854 | t
(1 row)
acc.secret_key = "ASJSJJDSJFJJFFJJFJF//".to_string
acc.save
this will push the string with the backshash into the database