How to enter single quote character

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How to enter single quote character

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venkath
Posting Yak Master

202 Posts

Posted - 2006-09-22 : 02:02:43

Hi all

How to enter single quote character in a sting column for eg: Channel's

Thanks

khtan
In (Som, Ni, Yak)

17689 Posts

Posted - 2006-09-22 : 02:04:55

escape it with another single quote

'Channel''s'

venkath
Posting Yak Master

202 Posts

Posted - 2006-09-22 : 02:07:11

Thanks

ditch
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

1466 Posts

Posted - 2006-09-22 : 05:59:54

Another option is to use the ascii code for the single quote ie 39.

select 'Channel' + CHAR(39) + 's'

Duane.

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2006-09-23 : 09:06:47

To know the behaviour of single quotes, run this

Select '','''','''''','''''''',''''''''''

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2006-09-23 : 12:41:56

Evil!

Then there is this:


DECLARE @strSQL varchar(8000)
SELECT @strSQL = 'SELECT TOP 10 name FROM master.dbo.sysobjects WHERE type = ''U'''

	SELECT @strSQL = '
SELECT	*
FROM	OPENQUERY(MyServer, 
'''
	+ REPLACE(@strSQL, '''', '''''')
	+ '''
)'

PRINT @strSQL

EXEC (@strSQL)

Kristen

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2006-09-24 : 20:47:22

Well. General rule may be
Between first and last single quotes, every double single quotes is converted to single single quote

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

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