Returns ASTRING surrounded by single quotes with all necessary escaping. Useful when constructing SQL for EXECUTE IMMEDIATE within a procedure.
QUOTE_STRING(ASTRING VARCHAR(4000))
RETURNS VARCHAR(4000)Returns ASTRING surrounded by single quotes and performs any necessary escaping within the string to make it valid SQL. For example, single quotes within ASTRING are doubled, and control characters like CR or LF are returned as concatenated hex-strings.
- ASTRING
The string to enclose in single-quotation marks.
Quote a simple string:
VALUES QUOTE_STRING('A string')1
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'A string'Quote a string containing an apostrophe (the delimiter for SQL strings):
VALUES QUOTE_STRING('Frank''s string')1
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'Frank''s string'Quote a string containing a control character (in this case a line-feed):
VALUES QUOTE_STRING('A multi' || X'0A' || 'line string')1
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'A multi' || X'0A' || 'line string'- Source code
QUOTE_IDENTIFIER