It falls back to funky escaping that causes problems and is not reversible, so temporarily disabling.

git-svn-id: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk@2737 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd

wp-includes/wp-db.php

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class wpdb {
 	//	Format a string correctly for safe insert under all PHP conditions
 	
 	function escape($string) {
+		return addslashes( $string ); // Disable rest for now, causing problems
 		if( !$this->dbh || version_compare( phpversion(), '4.3.0' ) == '-1' )
 			return mysql_escape_string( $string );
 		else