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Delimiting Single and Double Quotes

After searching this forum, I think I've got delimiters right for
single quotes. but I'm still lost on double quotes. Here's what I'm
after:

Update .... set mytext = 'O''Brien said, "I inserted quotes,"
yesterday.'

The O'Brien gets delimited with two single quotes to replace the one
between O and B, but what do I need to get the quotes around ->I
inserted quotes,<- ?

Thanks.
Nov 12 '05 #1
1 9251
The following works for me:

C:\SQLLIB\BIN>db2 "select '\"This is so cool\"' from syscat.tables
fetch first 1 rows only"

1
-----------------
"This is so cool"

1 record(s) selected.
C:\SQLLIB\BIN>db2 "select '''This is so cool''' from syscat.tables
fetch first 1 rows only"

1
-----------------
'This is so cool'

1 record(s) selected.
hth,
dotyet
rc*******@fragomen.com (Randy) wrote in message news:<da**************************@posting.google. com>...
After searching this forum, I think I've got delimiters right for
single quotes. but I'm still lost on double quotes. Here's what I'm
after:

Update .... set mytext = 'O''Brien said, "I inserted quotes,"
yesterday.'

The O'Brien gets delimited with two single quotes to replace the one
between O and B, but what do I need to get the quotes around ->I
inserted quotes,<- ?

Thanks.

Nov 12 '05 #2

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