@staticmethod
# From pgdb, and simplify code
+ # this is **very different** from the python2 code !
def _quote(x):
if isinstance(x, DateTimeType):
x = str(x)
- elif isinstance(x, str):
- x = x.encode('utf-8')
-
- if isinstance(x, bytes):
- x = "'%s'" % str(x).replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("'", "''")
+ elif isinstance(x, bytes):
+ x = x.decode('utf-8')
+
+ if isinstance(x, str):
+ # don't double quote backslahes, this causes failure
+ # with e.g. the SFA code when it tries to spot slices
+ # created from fed4fire, which to my knowledge is the only
+ # place where a backslash is useful
+ # x = x.replace("\\", "\\\\")
+ x = x.replace("'", "''")
+ x = f"'{x}'"
elif isinstance(x, (int, float)):
pass
elif x is None: