Escape character onclick xml dataset issue

hi everyone!
i have a function that sets off a bunch of spry effects etc, within an <a onclick="function(dsdata::variable);" href=etc.
the parameters come from an xmldata data set
however some of the data contains single quotes and it ruins the statement
ie:
onclick = "launcher('The apostrophe ruined the statement's syntax');"
i know i can get it by doing \' but i cant put the \ in the xml file!
how do we get around this?

lol i keep answering all my own questions!
i got round it by putting the variable in the id of the <a> ie.
<a id="{variable}" onclick = "launcher(this.id, this.href);" href="page.html">

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detail region.
I understand why they do not populate, but I cannot figure
out what to include to have all data regions filter into the detail
area.
Thanks again in advance!
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> I am a new AJAX spry developer and i would like to ask
you a question.
> I have done a code that modifies the content of an xml
file after user
> writes
> something in a box. The code works(is written in php)
and my problem is
> that:
> the xml dataset in the page doesn't refresh. I mean if I
add something to
> the
> xml file the page isn't affected by the changes and
continues to display
> the
> old xml-data. I checked manually the xml file and it's
correctly writed
> and
> closed, and the file has the right permiossions. Can you
tell me why?
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How to use escape character in update statement.

Hi All,
I'm trying to update table using following sql update statement, but everytime it's asking me for the input due to the '&' value in below sql.
UPDATE xyz_xyz
   SET NAME = 'ABC & PQR'
WHERE ID = (SELECT ID
               FROM abc_abc
              WHERE NAME = 'C & PQR');Please let me know how to use escape character syntax or let me know if there is any alternative solution.
Thanks,
Vishwas

Hi,
By default, & marks a substitution variable name.
If you're not using substitution variables in that statement (or, if this is in PL/SQL, in that entire package or procedure) then the easiest thing to do is just diable substitution variables; then & will be a normal character:
SELECT DEFINE OFF
UPDATE xyz_xyz
   SET NAME = 'ABC & PQR'
WHERE ID = (SELECT ID
               FROM abc_abc
              WHERE NAME = 'C & PQR');
SET DEFINE ONIf you can't do that, then & is always taken literally if it comes right before a single-quote, so you could say:
UPDATE xyz_xyz
   SET NAME = 'ABC &' || ' PQR'
WHERE ID = (SELECT ID
               FROM abc_abc
              WHERE NAME = 'C &' || ' PQR');There is a SQL*Plus "SET ESCAPE" command, too, but if you use it, you have to worry about whether the escape character is to be taken literally or not.
SET   ESCAPE \Yet another alternative is to make some other character, such as ~, mark the substitution variables:
SET DEFINE ~Read all about them in the SQL*Plus manual.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b31189/ch2.htm#sthref103

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