MySQL Forums :: JDBC and Java :: Escaping String Method

Is there a (static) method somewhere in connector-j that you can pass a string value so that is safely escaped (as in safe from SQL-injection concerns), e.g. for purposes of inclusion in an INSERT or UPDATE statement or as part of a WHERE clause?

public static String safeEscape(String value) { .... }

It would be very useful if there was; I'm guessing it might need to consider encoding issues, so it might need to take an encoding argument?


And yes I know all about PreparedStatements of course, so please don't respond with use PreparedStatements :)