Re: inserting single qutoes in string???

From: Balakrishna Avula <100610.52_at_compuserve.com>
Date: 1996/03/27
Message-ID: <4jbmu4$5ua_at_relay2.uk.mdis.com>#1/1


Atomic.software_at_pobox.com (Allan Marcus) wrote:

>is there a way (from sql*plus) to insert a single quote in a varchar field?
>This is, of course, a problem since the single quote usually delimits a string.
 

>Thanks,
 

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Try some thing like

insert ...
values ('Smith''s birthday')

ie. to use two single quote to insert a quote.

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