Comments on: How to escape single quotes in strings http://oraqa.com/2006/03/20/how-to-escape-single-quotes-in-strings/ Oracle Question and Answer Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:03:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: austrin http://oraqa.com/2006/03/20/how-to-escape-single-quotes-in-strings/#comment-168 austrin Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:15:56 +0000 http://oraqa.com/2006/03/20/how-to-escape-single-quotes-in-strings/#comment-168 The alternative quoting mechanism introduced with 10g should be mentioned as well. e.g. (i hope this example gets formatted right): <pre> q'(name LIKE '%DBMS_%%')' q'' </pre> A link to the documentation: <a href="http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14251/adfns_sqltypes.htm#sthref378" title="Link to 10gR2 Documentation" rel="nofollow"> http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14251/adfns_sqltypes.htm#sthref378 </a> BR, Martin The alternative quoting mechanism introduced with 10g should be mentioned as well.
e.g. (i hope this example gets formatted right):

q'(name LIKE '%DBMS_%%')'
q''

A link to the documentation:
http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14251/adfns_sqltypes.htm#sthref378

BR,
Martin

]]> By: TMoore http://oraqa.com/2006/03/20/how-to-escape-single-quotes-in-strings/#comment-167 TMoore Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:33:34 +0000 http://oraqa.com/2006/03/20/how-to-escape-single-quotes-in-strings/#comment-167 You can also put: <pre>SELECT 'alan'||chr(39)||'s database' FROM Dual</pre> chr( ) take chance to write any character You can also put:

SELECT 'alan'||chr(39)||'s database' FROM Dual

chr( ) take chance to write any character

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