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Using single/double quotes

  • April 25, 2006 at 3:02 pm

    #365990

    OK, is there anyone out there that has a cheat sheet for how/when to use single/double quotes to embed a comma or an apostrophe??  I need to have a comma in a disclaimer at the bottom of my report and since my delimeter is a comma, it lays out funky in the report.  I need to use single/double quotes to embed it and I can't figure it out!!  I need a cheat sheet!!!  Help, and thank you in advance!!! 

    Thank you!!,

    Angelindiego

  • April 25, 2006 at 6:27 pm

    #634187

    Hi...Do you mean this...

    select ''','''

    ..run this is Query analyser..

    hope this helps

    Riyaz

     

     

     

     

  • April 25, 2006 at 9:02 pm

    #634197

    I believe it was Sean (McCown) who wrote a neat article on using char(39) for single quotes (search this site)...

    based on that you could do a ...

    select char(39) + char(44) + char(39)







    **ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI !!!**

  • April 26, 2006 at 8:56 am

    #634329

    Thank you to both of you for your responses.  This report is comma delimeted and is going into an excel spreadsheet.  What I found yesterday, is that if I do the folllowing and wrap it in a double quote, inside the single quote, it works, but I still need to understand the whole concept of using the single/double quotes.  So, with that said, you can see how this will work, and I am off to learn how to use what you both gave me!!  Thanks again!!!!

    Set @sPrintString = '"Thank you!"'

    Thank you!!,

    Angelindiego

  • April 26, 2006 at 2:02 pm

    #634429

    Haven't read that article, but I have CHAR(39) memorized for precisely this sitiuation! 

    I wasn't born stupid - I had to study.

  • April 26, 2006 at 2:48 pm

    #634441

    Thanks Farrell.  I contacted Sean and he sent me the link to the article.

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/sMcCown/getawayfromconfusingcode.asp

    You will love the little script he has at the bottom...I have it saved off for future use!!  More more more char()'s for you to memorize!!! 

    Thank you!!,

    Angelindiego

  • April 28, 2006 at 2:56 am

    #634765

    And why you are not changing the column delimiter to other character then a comma? like ; or TAB or | or what ever? You should choose such a char which is not likely appairing within your data



    Bye
    Gabor

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