SQL Escape ' '

Question

I am trying to run a query in SQL 2008 by doing:

@query varchar(max)

SET @query = \'SELECT * FROM Table WHERE [Name] = \' \'Karl\' \' \'

EXEC(@query)
         


        

Answer 1

This works on my machine from SQL Server Management Studio:

@query varchar(max)

SET @query = 'SELECT * FROM Table WHERE [Name] = ''''''Karl'''''''

EXEC(@query)