Form validation for sql submission

is there a way i can take the fields of my forms and replace any instance of ' with /' so that it can be submitted to my Postgres database successfully? i've come across a basic javascript function that replaced "a" with "z" and i tried modifing that, but it crashes my browser.
surely being a common requirement for form submission for database entry, there must be a function written somewhere that handles this
i know its not strickly java, but its something anyone that has developed in JSP, PHP or whatever must have come across

is this a JavaScript question or a Java queston ?

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