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petek
Posting Yak Master

192 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-10 : 06:54:55

hi all how do i insert the a name like o'neil
into a table, the ' causes a problem

Kind Regards

Pete.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-10 : 06:57:43

use

insert into table (namefield)
values ('o''niel')

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-10 : 06:58:33

see how sql server interprets single quotes

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/madhivanan/archive/2008/02/19/understanding-single-quotes.aspx

petek
Posting Yak Master

192 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-10 : 07:00:32

thanks mate.....

Kind Regards

Pete.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2008-11-10 : 07:05:05

Cheers

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