Are you using an abnormal CHARACTER SET or COLLATION?
SHOW CREATE TABLE
Show us the args to mysqldump.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James W. McNeely [mailto:jim@stripped]
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 10:19 AM
> To: mysql@stripped
> Subject: mysqldump not escaping single quotes in field data
>
> My backups from a mysqldump process are useless, because the dump files
> are not escaping single quotes in the data in the fields.
>
> So, O'Brien kills it - instead of spitting out 'O\'Brien'
> it spits out
> 'O'Brien'
>
> I don't see anywhere in the documentation about mysqldump where you can
> tweak this kind of thing.
>
> We're using MySQL 5.0.70 enterprise on Ubuntu 8.04.1.
>
> I tried to enter this into the Oracle support center but all of the
> navigational and SR tabs are gone. Maybe our accounting dept. forgot to
> pay the bill or something.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim McNeely
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