escape input for mysql server

[wysota]

Yes work fine on sqlite or other db type != not on mysql Collation special like CHARSET=utf-8 or other koi8r .... qt take from CHARSET QLocale and pusch on DBs and not read "SHOW COLUMNS FROM TABLE" to become the correct CHARSET, if table having iso latin 1 an OS QLocale is the same works....

If you have the database set incorrectly then don't expect everything to work.

I also noticed that I can use "bindValue()" for select statements, even though the examples only show them for inserts:

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is this a proper use of "bindValue()"?

Sure