diff -Naur mod_log_sql-1.101-rs2/mod_log_sql_mysql.c mod_log_sql-1.101-rs3/mod_log_sql_mysql.c
--- mod_log_sql-1.101-rs2/mod_log_sql_mysql.c	2008-02-21 22:29:13.000000000 +0100
+++ mod_log_sql-1.101-rs3/mod_log_sql_mysql.c	2008-02-19 22:45:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -73,9 +73,15 @@
         db->handle=NULL;
 }
 
-/* Routine to escape the 'dangerous' characters that would otherwise
- * corrupt the INSERT string: ', \, and "
+
+
+/* RS: try to minimize escaping
+ * manually transform: 
+ * 	\	=> 	\\
+ *	'	=> 	\'
+ *	"	=>	\"
  */
+
 static const char *log_sql_mysql_escape(const char *from_str, apr_pool_t *p,
 								logsql_dbconnection *db)
 {
@@ -86,35 +92,29 @@
 	}
 
 	unsigned long length = strlen(from_str);
-	unsigned long retval;
 
 	/* Pre-allocate a new string that could hold twice the original, which would only
 	 * happen if the whole original string was 'dangerous' characters.
 	 */
-	char *to_str = (char *) apr_palloc(p, length * 2 + 1);
+	char *to_str = (char *) apr_palloc(p, length * 2 + 3);
 	if (!to_str) {
 		return from_str;
 	}
-
-	/* RS: first get the escaped string, then put all together with apr_pstrcat */
-
-	if (!db->connected) {
-		/* Well, I would have liked to use the current database charset.  mysql is
-		 * unavailable, however, so I fall back to the slightly less respectful
-		 * mysql_escape_string() function that uses the default charset.
-		 */
-		retval = mysql_escape_string(to_str, from_str, length);
-	} else {
-		/* MySQL is available, so I'll go ahead and respect the current charset when
-		 * I perform the escape.
-		 */
-		retval = mysql_real_escape_string((MYSQL *)db->handle, to_str, from_str, length);
-	}
-
-	if(!retval) {
-		return from_str;
-	}
-	return apr_pstrcat(p,"'",to_str,"'",NULL);
+	
+	char *ptr=(char *)from_str;
+	unsigned long pos=0;
+	to_str[pos++]='\'';
+
+	while(*ptr!=0) {
+		if( (*ptr=='\\') || (*ptr=='\'') || (*ptr=='\"') ) {
+			to_str[pos++]='\\';
+		}
+		to_str[pos++]=*ptr;
+		ptr++;
+	}
+	to_str[pos++]='\'';
+	to_str[pos]=0;
+	return to_str;
 }
 
 #if defined(WIN32)