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Add escape functions

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
sql, visualbasic
Domain
database

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the VBA SQL identifier and LIKE-handling code, then compare existing escaping behavior with the listed tablename, alias, database, field, and LIKE patterns; done means each requested case has documented behavior and coverage.

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Description

enhancement

Escape tablename: '/[^A-Za-z0-9_.]+/'
Escape alias: '/[^A-Za-z0-9_]+/'
Database: '/[^A-Za-z0-9_.]+/'
Field. '/[^A-Za-z0-9_.]+/'
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Dominant language
VBA
Stars
90
Forks
18
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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