Adding a single quote

Hi
I am trying to check through a String before it is sent to the database to add in an extra single quote if a single quote is in the String, but it's not working
char singleQuote = '\'';
private static String prepareString (String SQLQuery) {
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
for(int j =0; j<SQLQuery.length(); j++) {
char c = SQLQuery.charAt(j);
//problems here
if(c.equals(singleQuote)){
sb.insert((j+1), "\'")
return sb.toString();I am getting some message about not being able to "dereference" c, but don't know what it means, nor if I am doing this right.
Anyone know how to take care of this? Also, any other common error checks that should be made before sending a query to a db?
Thanks!

Try replacing the line...
if(c.equals(singleQuote)){with the line...
if(c == singleQuote){

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