/**
  * Walk $this->attrs array
  * and return a set of $k=$v
  * to be used in an update stmt
  *
  * @param $k string array key
  * @param $v string array value
  * @return void
  */
 private function escape(&$value, $key)
 {
     $db = DB::getInstance();
     $type = DataMapping::getDataType($this->table['table'], $key);
     if ($type == 'string') {
         if ($value == 'null' || $value == '') {
             $value = 'null';
         } else {
             $value = "'" . $db->db_escape_string($value) . "'";
         }
     } else {
         $value = $value == '' || is_null($value) ? 'NULL' : $value;
     }
 }