Adding " char to SQL string

I'm using Netbeans IDE 3.4 and trying to build SQL statments for MySQL DB.
For that reason I need to concate the char " or ' to my SQL string . for example I need to create the string:
SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = "test".
I use variables to get the username from other function and I need to create that statment, I tried to run the following code:
SELECT * FROM user WHERE username =" + '\"' + Username + '\"'
and also tried to run:
SELECT * FROM user WHERE username =" + "\"" + Username + "\""
but I get always the following string:
SELECT * FROM user WHERE username =\"test\" , which of course is not OK.
I tried to replace the " with ' but with no luck.
Can someone help ?
Many Thanks...

String sql = "SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = '" + username + "'"
single/double double/single/double
You will have problems where your username is something like 'O'Neil' where you will have to escape the single quote within the username by adding an additional single quote 'O''Neil'
single/single

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end_date_time         TIMESTAMP      NOT NULL,
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Thanks in advance
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</ns0:MT_SrcProxy>
I am getting the following error in communication channel :
Message processing failed. Cause: com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.MessagingException: Error 'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Incorrect syntax near '<'.' executing service raw2sql with SQL statement '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ns0:MT_SrcProxy xmlns:ns0="http://infosys.com/pi/projects/pepsi/n1">   <Record>     <input>"INSERT INTO Emp (EmpNO,FirstName,LastName,DOJ,BaseLocation)VALUES('103','abc','xyz','NULL','Blore')"</input>   </Record> </ns0:MT_SrcProxy>'
Can anyone please help me in this regard

Hi Vinay,
I have not tried on this but looks like the output that needs to be passed must be a Non XML and not an XML output.
Please refer this thread to get more clear idea on this.
Re: How to use Native SQL String.
Thanks
Amit

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Dear Experts ,
Please help me in below code.
create or replace PROCEDURE Sample_Spool_Data (SQLSTRING IN VARCHAR2, FILENAME in VARCHAR2) IS
v_spool_file UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE ;
SQLSTRING VARCHAR2(1000);
BEGIN
v_spool_file := UTL_FILE.FOPEN('MPLD_DQMT',FILENAME,'w');
UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(v_spool_file,'Start: '||to_char(sysdate,'dd/mm/yyyy hh:mi s'));
FOR c1_rec in SQLSTRING
LOOP
UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(v_spool_file,c1_rec.rec);
end loop;
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You won't do it the way you're trying to, because your dynamic SQL means that you don't know the resultant columns of the query so that you can output them. To do that you need to use the DBMS_SQL package to describe the query and fetch the returned columns by position e.g.
As sys user:
CREATE OR REPLACE DIRECTORY TEST_DIR AS '\tmp\myfiles'
GRANT READ, WRITE ON DIRECTORY TEST_DIR TO myuser
/As myuser:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE run_query(p_sql IN VARCHAR2
                                     ,p_dir IN VARCHAR2
                                     ,p_header_file IN VARCHAR2
                                     ,p_data_file IN VARCHAR2 := NULL) IS
v_finaltxt VARCHAR2(4000);
v_v_val     VARCHAR2(4000);
v_n_val     NUMBER;
v_d_val     DATE;
v_ret       NUMBER;
c           NUMBER;
d           NUMBER;
col_cnt     INTEGER;
f           BOOLEAN;
rec_tab     DBMS_SQL.DESC_TAB;
col_num     NUMBER;
v_fh        UTL_FILE.FILE_TYPE;
v_samefile BOOLEAN := (NVL(p_data_file,p_header_file) = p_header_file);
BEGIN
c := DBMS_SQL.OPEN_CURSOR;
DBMS_SQL.PARSE(c, p_sql, DBMS_SQL.NATIVE);
d := DBMS_SQL.EXECUTE(c);
DBMS_SQL.DESCRIBE_COLUMNS(c, col_cnt, rec_tab);
FOR j in 1..col_cnt
LOOP
    CASE rec_tab(j).col_type
      WHEN 1 THEN DBMS_SQL.DEFINE_COLUMN(c,j,v_v_val,2000);
      WHEN 2 THEN DBMS_SQL.DEFINE_COLUMN(c,j,v_n_val);
      WHEN 12 THEN DBMS_SQL.DEFINE_COLUMN(c,j,v_d_val);
    ELSE
      DBMS_SQL.DEFINE_COLUMN(c,j,v_v_val,2000);
    END CASE;
END LOOP;
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FOR j in 1..col_cnt
LOOP
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END IF;
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    v_fh := UTL_FILE.FOPEN(upper(p_dir),p_data_file,'w',32767);
END IF;
LOOP
    v_ret := DBMS_SQL.FETCH_ROWS(c);
    EXIT WHEN v_ret = 0;
    v_finaltxt := NULL;
    FOR j in 1..col_cnt
    LOOP
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        WHEN 1 THEN DBMS_SQL.COLUMN_VALUE(c,j,v_v_val);
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        WHEN 2 THEN DBMS_SQL.COLUMN_VALUE(c,j,v_n_val);
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    UTL_FILE.PUT_LINE(v_fh, v_finaltxt);
END LOOP;
UTL_FILE.FCLOSE(v_fh);
DBMS_SQL.CLOSE_CURSOR(c);
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e.g.
SQL> exec run_query('select * from emp','TEST_DIR','output.txt');
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.Output.txt file contains:
empno,ename,job,mgr,hiredate,sal,comm,deptno
7369,"SMITH","CLERK",7902,17/12/1980 00:00:00,800,,20
7499,"ALLEN","SALESMAN",7698,20/02/1981 00:00:00,1600,300,30
7521,"WARD","SALESMAN",7698,22/02/1981 00:00:00,1250,500,30
7566,"JONES","MANAGER",7839,02/04/1981 00:00:00,2975,,20
7654,"MARTIN","SALESMAN",7698,28/09/1981 00:00:00,1250,1400,30
7698,"BLAKE","MANAGER",7839,01/05/1981 00:00:00,2850,,30
7782,"CLARK","MANAGER",7839,09/06/1981 00:00:00,2450,,10
7788,"SCOTT","ANALYST",7566,19/04/1987 00:00:00,3000,,20
7839,"KING","PRESIDENT",,17/11/1981 00:00:00,5000,,10
7844,"TURNER","SALESMAN",7698,08/09/1981 00:00:00,1500,0,30
7876,"ADAMS","CLERK",7788,23/05/1987 00:00:00,1100,,20
7900,"JAMES","CLERK",7698,03/12/1981 00:00:00,950,,30
7902,"FORD","ANALYST",7566,03/12/1981 00:00:00,3000,,20
7934,"MILLER","CLERK",7782,23/01/1982 00:00:00,1300,,10The procedure allows for the header and data to go to seperate files if required. Just specifying the "header" filename will put the header and data in the one file.
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