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url: /process-functions/script-escape.md
description: >-
  This function is commonly used to sanitize input from users which is then
  going to form part of a SQL query.
---

# script.escape

This function is commonly used to sanitize input from users which is then going to form part of a SQL query.

```js
script.escape(inputStr)
```

#### Parameters

* `inputStr` - the string which needs to be escaped/sanitized.

#### Example

```js
let valueForSQL = script.escape("It's usually not ok to have a single quote in a SQL statement.");
```

The result in `valueForSQL` will be `It\'s usually not ok to have a single quote in a SQL statement.` which will no longer break a SQL statement.