How to pass a single quotation mark in a string to a table in SQL Server by using SQL passthrough (236126)

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The following code example assumes that the Pubs database exists in a SQL Server data source that is named SQLSERVER. This example also assumes that the user has the correct permissions, IDs, and passwords.

This example does the following:

• It creates a DSNless ODBC connection to the SQL Server data source. The connection is named TESTCONNECTION.
• It creates a table that is named SINGLEQUOTE.
• It inserts the string text into the table. A single quotation mark is embedded 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=UserName;pwd=StrongPassword;
     database=pubs;network=dbmssocn"
xDSNLess = SQLCONNECT("testconnection")

IF xDSNLess > 0
    *!*	*CHAR(39) is a single quotation mark 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