Rails - Apr 2006 - active record adding odd chars to insert statement

I''ve got some code that creates a Company object and saves it:

		c = Company.new(
			:name => params[''company''],
			:account_valid_until => mysql_date_format(14.days.from_now),
			:account_type => ''standard''
		)
		c.save
		
but in the SQL generated by AR, I see (with ''name'' being what
was entered):

''--- \n- name\n''

Any idea where this is coming from?? If I view the value before it''s
saved, the chars aren''t in there..



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