How to "escape" a whole String - an SQL query

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Published on 2010-05-14T08:18:24Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 8:24 UTC
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When I add a relative path to an SQL query as a String all the \ get removed.

I am trying to add the String ("pics\\"+onlyFile) and as you can see I have escaped the \ character so I don't understand why it is being removed. onlyFile is a variable containing a file name.

The value of the "src" variable (the one I am discussing) just before the SQL statement is correct, hence it is something happening when it is added to the SQL query.

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