Assign a string to a variable that contains a Quote '

• Welsh Corgi

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  December 1, 2011 at 8:28 am

  #252906

  I'm trying to assign a string to a variable that contains a Quote and I can't recall the syntax.

  Obviously this crashes and burns.:-D

  DECLARE @Suffix VARCHAR(12)

  SET @Suffix = ')') AS DB2'

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• ChrisM@Work

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  December 1, 2011 at 8:39 am

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  DECLARE @Suffix VARCHAR(12)

  SET @Suffix = ')'') AS DB2'

  SELECT @Suffix

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