Qouted String

Hi all,
I have a string user_name and it is saved in table with single

qoutes, i mean if you view the table there are single qoutes on both
sides of user_name like 'amir', it is saved with single qoutes. The
problem is how can i write sql query with = comparison, i'm
using
select * from sasuser.Followup where user_name= ' 'amir ' ';.

I need to use single qoutes for the query, coz variable is string but
how can i use single qoutes which are with the name itself.

Thanx.Khan (amir@.programmer.net) writes:
> I have a string user_name and it is saved in table with single
> qoutes, i mean if you view the table there are single qoutes on both
> sides of user_name like 'amir', it is saved with single qoutes. The
> problem is how can i write sql query with = comparison, i'm
> using
> select * from sasuser.Followup where user_name= ' 'amir ' ';.
> I need to use single qoutes for the query, coz variable is string but
> how can i use single qoutes which are with the name itself.

To include the string delimiter in a string literal you need to double
it:

SELECT * FROM sasuser.Followup WHERE user_name = '''amit''';

Note that when you work from client code, you should use parameterised
SQL commands, which makes this a non-issue..

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