• Sorry I'm a little bit late posting my answer to the "homework". Lot's of people had posted correct answers already so I didn't feel all that rushed to post my answer :-).

    DECLARE @topsql nvarchar(200)

    SET @topsql =

    'DECLARE @quotedvar nvarchar(100) ' + char(13) +

    'DECLARE @sql nvarchar(1000) ' + char(13) +

    '' + char(13) +

    'SET @quotedvar = ''O''''Neil''' + char(13) +

    '' + char(13) +

    'SET @sql = ''PRINT '''''' + REPLACE(@quotedvar,'''''''','''''''''''') + ''''''''' + char(13) +

    '' + char(13) +

    'PRINT @sql' + char(13) +

    '' + char(13) +

    'EXEC sp_executesql @sql'

    PRINT @topsql

    PRINT '-------'

    EXEC sp_executesql @topsql

    The best test for the correct answer is of course to run it and see if the output works 🙂

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