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Q236126: HOWTO: Passing Single Quotes in String to SQL Server w/ SQL PT

Article: Q236126
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.5,3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbSQL kbvfp300 kbvfp300b kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbMDAC250 kb
Last Modified: 27-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 
- Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.5 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to pass a single quote in a string to a SQL Server
table using SQL passthrough with a DSNless ODBC connection.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following example assumes that the Pubs database exists in a SQL Server
datasource called SQLSERVER. The example creates a DSNless ODBC connection
(TESTCONNECTION) to the SQL Server datasource, creates a table named
SINGLEQUOTE, and inserts the string text into the table with the single quote
imbedded in the string.

  *!* Start of the program
  SET SAFETY OFF
  CLEAR
  CLOSE DATA ALL
  CREATE DATABASE test

  *!* DSNless Connection to a SQL Server database
  *!* In the following statement "DBMSSONCN" is the TCP/IP library name
  CREATE CONNECTION testconnection CONNSTRING ;
      "driver={sql server};server=SQLSERVER;uid=sa;pwd=;
       database=pubs;network=dbmssocn"
  xDSNLess = SQLCONNECT("testconnection")

  IF xDSNLess > 0
      *!*	*CHAR(39) is a single quote or apostrophe in SQL Server
      SQLEXEC(xDSNLess, "DROP TABLE singlequote")
      SQLEXEC(xDSNLess, "CREATE TABLE singlequote (singlequote char(30))")
      SQLEXEC(xDSNLess, "INSERT INTO singlequote ;
         VALUES ('single'+char(39)+'quotes '+char(39)+'in the '+;
         char(39)+ 'string')")
      SQLEXEC(xDSNLess, "SELECT * from singlequote")
      SQLEXEC(xDSNLess, "DROP TABLE singlequote")
      BROWSE NOWAIT
  ENDIF

  SQLDISCONNECT(xDSNLess)
  SET SAFETY ON
  *!* End of the program

Additional query words: KBDSE

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Keywords          : kbSQL kbvfp300 kbvfp300b kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbMDAC250 kbSQLProg 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMDACSearch kbMDAC250 kbVFP300 kbVFP300b kbVFP500 kbVFP600 kbVFP500a
Version           : WINDOWS:2.5,3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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