Handling single quote

I have a custom function in which I want to parse out any single quotes as they are causing problems further down in our process. Actually what I want the function to do is to find the first single quote, if it exists, then strip the single quote and the rest of the text out. Her is the function I am trying to use:
ifthenelse(
     index($InputText , '\'', 0) > 0,
          substr( $InputText, 0, index( $InputText , '\'', 0) -1),
          $InputText
$InputText is a varchar datatype and contains a sting which may or may not contain an single quote.
How does one look for a single quote in either a function like this or in a replace function?
Thanks,
Ryan

The error in the editor is that is not expecting the less than sign, but rather expecting a right parenthasis ) or a comma.
Error MSG:
[Function:CF_TruncateApostrophe]
(Ln 3) : Syntax error : near <>> found <>> expecting <')', ','>
I will try to encase the whole index statement for the test in parenthesis and see what happens.
Ryan

Similar Messages

How to handle single quote between two single quotes in ABAP?

Dear SAP Gurus
I have a question regarding handling a string data.
Say I have a string ABCD'\&%$!!ABC'AAA123. Please notice that there are single quotes in my string.
I am writing a parser code in ABAP and getting into problem with if statement to check if the character read is a single quote.
When I type the following with a singleQuote between 2 singleQuoes as below, it gives error.
If CHAR = '''.
ENDIF.
How do I handle that? I searched for escape sequence and couldn't get any useful info.
Any feedback will be highly appreciated.
Thanks
Ram

Or just use string literals
if char = `'`. "note that ` is the "backquotation" mark not a regular quotation mark '
Regards
Marcin

Copying a table with the right-click menu in schema browser fails to copy comments when string has single quote(s) (ascii chr(39))

Hi,
I'm running 32-bit version of SQL Developer v. 3.2.20.09 build 09.87, and I used the built in context menu (right-clicking from the schema browser) today to copy a table. However, none of the comments copied. When I dug into the PL/SQL that the menu-item is using, I realized that it fails because it doesn't handle single quotes within the comment string.
For example, I have a table named WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT that I wanted to copy as WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1 (within same schema name)
1. I right-clicked on the object in the schema browser and selected Table > Copy...
2. In the pop-up Copy window, I entered the new table name "WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1" and ticked the box for "Include Data" option. -- The PL/SQL that the menu-command is using is in the "SQL" tab of this window. This is what I extracted later for testing the issue after the comments did not copy.
Result: Table and data copied as-expected, but no column or table comments existed.
I examined the PL/SQL block that the pop-up window issued, and saw this:
declare
l_sql varchar2(32767);
c_tab_comment varchar2(32767);
procedure run(p_sql varchar2) as
begin
     execute immediate p_sql;
end;
begin
run('create table "BI_ETL".WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1 as select * from "BI_ETL"."WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT" where '||11||' = 11');
select comments into c_tab_comment from sys.all_TAB_comments where owner = 'BI_ETL' and table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT' and comments is not null;
run('comment on table BI_ETL.WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1 is '||''''||c_tab_comment||'''');
for tc in (select column_name from sys.all_tab_cols where owner = 'BI_ETL' and table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT')
    loop
   for c in (select comments from sys.all_col_comments where owner = 'BI_ETL' and table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT' and column_name=tc.column_name)
   loop
   run ('comment on column BI_ETL.WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1.'||tc.column_name||' is '||''''||c.comments||'''');
end loop;
end loop;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;
end;
The string of the table comment on WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT is this:
WBIG table of frozen, point-in-time snapshots of Enrolled Students by Category/term/pidm. "Category" is historically, and commonly, our CENSUS snapshot; but, can also describe other frequencies, or categorizations, such as: End-of-Term (EOT), etc. Note: Prior to this table existing, Census-snapshots were stored in SATURN.SNAPREG_ALL. All FALL and SPRING term records prior-to-and-including Spring 2013 ('201230') have been migrated into this table -- EXCEPT a few select prior to Fall 2004 (200410) records where there are duplicates on term/pidm. NO Summer snapshots existed in SNAPREG_ALL, but were queried and stored retroactively (including terms prior to Spring 2013) for the purpose of future on-going year-over-year analysis and comparison.
Note the single quotes in the comment: ... ('201230')
So, in the above PL/SQL line 11 grabs this string into "c_tab_comment", but then line 12 fails because of the single quotes. It doesn't know how to end the string because the single quotes in the string are not "escaped", and this messes up the concatenation on line 12. (So, then no other column comments are created either because the block throws an error, and goes to line 22 for the exception and exits.)
When I modify the above PL/SQL as my own anonymous block like this, it is successful:
declare
c_tab_comment VARCHAR2(32767);
begin
SELECT REPLACE(comments,chr(39),chr(39)||chr(39)) INTO c_tab_comment FROM sys.all_TAB_comments WHERE owner = 'BI_ETL'   AND table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT' AND comments IS NOT NULL;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'comment on table BI_ETL.WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1 is '''||c_tab_comment||'''';
for tc in (select column_name from sys.all_tab_cols where owner = 'BI_ETL' and table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT')
    loop
   for c in (select REPLACE(comments,chr(39),chr(39)||chr(39)) comments from sys.all_col_comments where owner = 'BI_ETL' and table_name = 'WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT' and column_name=tc.column_name)
   loop
   EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'comment on column BI_ETL.WE_ENROLL_SNAPSHOT_V1.'||tc.column_name||' is '||''''||c.comments||'''';
end loop;
end loop;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN NULL;
end;
On lines 4 and 8 I wrapped the "comments" from sys.all_tab_comments and sys.all_col_comments with a replace command finding every chr(39) and replacing with chr(39)||chr(39). (On line 8 I also had to alias the wrapped column as "comments" so line 10 would succeed.)
Is this an issue with SQL Developer? Is there any chance that the menu-items can handle single quotes in comment strings? ... And, of course this makes me wonder which other context menu commands in the tool might have a similar issue.
Thoughts?
thanks//jacob

PaigeT wrote:
I know about quick drop, but it isn't helpful here. I want to be able to right click on a string or array wire, navigate to the string or array palette, and select the corresponding "Empty?" comparator. In this case, since I do actually know where those functions live, and I'm already using my mouse to right click on the wire, typing ctrl-space to open quick drop and then typing in the function name is actually more work than navigating to it in the palette. It would just be nice to have it on hand in the location I naturally go to look for it the first time.
I don't agree with this work flow. Right hand on mouse, left hand on home keys. Pressing CTRL + Space is done with the left hands, and then you could assign "ea" to "Empty Array" both of which is accessible with the left hand. Darren posted a bunch of great shortcuts for the right handed developer.
https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-20453
This is much faster than waiting for any right click menu navigation, even if it is found in the suggested subpalette.
Unofficial Forum Rules and Guidelines - Hooovahh - LabVIEW Overlord
If 10 out of 10 experts in any field say something is bad, you should probably take their opinion seriously.

Escaping Single Quotes in UIX LOVs

Hello all,
I am creating an application using ADF and UIX. In the system, I am using the standard UIX LOV, and I am curious if there is an existing way of handling single quotes entered by users in the search area. By default (at least in my case), single quotes cause an error in the SQL query, so I would like to escape them before the query is run. I attempted to override the onLovFilter method to handle this, but it seems like the LOV window does not actually fire any events or call overridden methods. I also overrode prepareMode to simply output "hello" when it is called, to test if any events were really being fired, but my method looks like it is simply being ignored. Is there a simpler way to avoid troubles caused by single quotes? Or can anyone help me override methods in LOVs? Thanks in advance.
Regards,
John

No. Please use PreparedStatements. That is theonly
correct answer to this question.Ok please tell us. how would you use prepare
statement.. no just say USE PREPARE STATE.. givethe
guy the code... or help..What size spoon would you like to be fed with? There
was nothing about gob size in the original post.
http://www.javaalmanac.com
well duffymo.. i think you gave a link, is quite of help, but my friend preparestatement just gave "use preparestatement"..
i think even you when you start coding you needed help... and some one just tell you use preparestatement how do you feel..
There is a level of help. i think it will be (((as much as you can)))

How to handle XML string with Single Quotes as a parameter to SP dynamically?

Hi,
I would like to know if there is a way to handle the Single Quotes in XML value when it is passed to Stored Procedure?
I should be able to handle it without adding another Single Quote to it.
Thanks,
Chandra Shekar

Hi Chandra,
Your requirement is not precise. Based on my understanding and guessing, are you metioning something like the below sample?
/*If the xml is generated you have no need to escape the singe quote(')*/
DECLARE @xmlTbl TABLE (ID INT,name VARCHAR(99));
INSERT INTO @xmlTbl VALUES(1,'Eric''s')
INSERT INTO @xmlTbl VALUES(2,'Zhang''s')
DECLARE @xmlDoc1 XML
SELECT @xmlDoc1
FROM @xmlTbl FOR XML PATH('PERSON'),ROOT('PERSONS')
EXEC yourProcedure @xmlDoc1
/*If your copy and paste the xml, you have to escape the single quote(') with 2s('')*/
DECLARE @xmlDoc2 XML
SET @xmlDoc2 = '<PERSONS>
<PERSON>
<ID>1</ID>
<name>Eric''s</name>
</PERSON>
<PERSON>
<ID>2</ID>
<name>Zhang''s</name>
</PERSON>
</PERSONS>'
EXEC yourProcedure @xmlDoc2
If that is not regarding your requirement, please elaborate with more details.
Eric Zhang
TechNet Community Support

How to handle single, double quotes

Hi,
I have a dataset which contains single- and doubble quotes.
But when using the DS in javascript, I have problems in handing strings containing single- and doubble quotes.
<td onclick="myFunction('{TITLE}');">{TITLE}</td>
{TITLE} is equal to: I'm working with spry.
Spry replaces it in the code as: <td onclick="myFunction('I'm working with spry');">I'm working with spry</td>
Which leads to a quote error in the functionCall onclick().
I've tried to solve the problem by escaping these special characters in PHP;
- addslashes() > solves the javascript error, but give a readable text: I\'m working with spry
- htmlspecialchars() > no change in existing problem.
Any clues how to solve this.
Thanks,
Pieter

Hi Pieter,
When writing text in an HTML document I always use entity references (like ‘ for a single quote) for special characters to not only overcome the sort of problem that you are faced with, but this is also good practice for normal rendering of text in most languages including HTML, XML and JS.
You could also use character reference (like ’ for a single quote) with the same result, but DW has inbuilt functions to help with entity reference.
Having said this, and assuming that you cannot or it is impracticable to change the data within the database, why not have two fields in your dataset, one called JS_TITLE and the other just TITLE and use each one accordingly.
This still does not satisfy the fact that the single quote for rendering purposes is not represented by a reference, but that is another matter.
Gramps

Dynamic SQL and Data with Single Quotes in it.

Hi There,
I have a problem in that I am using dynamic SQL and it happens that one of the columns does contain single quotes (') in it as part of the data. This causes the resultant dynamic SQL to get confused as the single quote that is part of the data is taken to mean end of sting, when in fact its part of the data. This leaves out a dangling single quote that was meant to enclose the string. Here is my dynamic SQL and the result of the parsed SQL that I have captured:
****Dynamic SQL*****
l_sql:='select NOTE_TEMPLATE_ID '||
'FROM TMP_NOTE_TEMPLATE_VALUES '||
'where TRIM(LEGACY_NOTE_CODE)='''||trim(fp_note_code)||''' '||
'and TRIM(DISPLAY_VALUE)='''||trim(fp_note_text)||''' ';
execute immediate l_sql INTO l_note_template_id;
Because the column DISPLAY_VALUE contains data with single quotes, the resultant SQL is:
******PARSED SQL************
select NOTE_TEMPLATE_ID
FROM TMP_NOTE_TEMPLATE_VALUES
where TRIM(LEGACY_NOTE_CODE)='INQ' and TRIM(DISPLAY_VALUE)='Cont'd'
And the problem lies with the single quote between teh characters t and d in the data field for DISPLAY_ITEM. How can I handle this?
Many thanks,

I have been reliably informed that if one doesn't enclose char/varchar2 data items in quotes, the right indices may not be usedI am into oracle for past 4 years and for the first time i am hearing this.
Your reliable source is just wrong. Bind variables are variables that store your value and which are used in SQL. They are the proper way to use values in your SQL. By default all variables in PL/SQL is bind variable.
When you can do some thing in just straight SQL just do it. Dynamic SQL does not make any sense to me here.
Thanks,
Karthick.

How to copy item value that contain a single quote(')?

Hi,
I have one "Copy" button in a APEX form. When user clicks it, it simply copy the item's values from the form to a new form by using APEX provided function behind the button- "Set these item values with these values". It is simple and works fine in normal cases. However, see, we have a text field called "Product Details", user types in for example "Oracle's new vision". When I click COPY button, APEX try to copy the text in "Product Details" field from this form to a new form but it returns error because of that single quote. Is there any way I can do something to replace that single quote with two single quote like we usually do in PL/SQL in the place "Set these item values with these values" of APEX button? I tried REPLACE(#P66_PRODUCT_DETAILS#., '''', '''''') but not work. I saw someone in the forum meantioned that to use something like "/#P66_PRODUCT_DETAILS#/" to get around. Any one with success?

Thanks. I think it should work this way. However, our form has about 20 ~30 text fields, I have to create 20~30 hiddle fields to handle the problem because I never know which field could contain a single quote. Ideally, a new version of APEX should have the functionality to deal with the problem when using "set values with those values" method. At least, it should provide some kind of interaction for user to get away from single quote or comma or column etc.
What I did is to get out of APEX native function and to create a new records in background by PL/SQL using record id that passed in from APEX form. It works perfectly. Although, user can only edit the record after it is created, not as user friendly as "Copy first-look at it-edit it-then create it" I originally planed.
Thanks for your help,

Mssql single quote problem!

Hi,
I user servlet to update MS SQL2000. My problem is there is a single quote inside a text string!
I can't use double quote for string, as it is not a valid statement for MSSQL. I need to use single quote, but there is single quote inside the string, how can I handle the string?
String mstrnig="I'm a boy";
String mSQL = "UPDATE news SET " + "title='" + mstring + "' WHERE code =" + mcode;
Thanks

the cleanest and easiest soln is to use preparedStatement.
PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement("update table comment=? where id = ?");
ps.setString(1,"That's way to do it");
ps.setInt(1,8);//some itn value
ps.execute();

Problem with lookup-table and single quotes

SOA Suite 10.1.3.3. I have an ESB project with an XSLT map that uses orcl:lookup-table to translate values. I use this instead of lookup-dvm because I want non-IT users to manage the mappings without having access to the ESB Console.
According to the doco:-
G.1.79 lookup-table
orcl:lookup-table(table, inputColumn, key, outputColumn, datasource)
This function returns a string based on the SQL query generated from the parameters.
The string is obtained by executing:
SELECT outputColumn FROM table WHERE inputColumn = key
The problem I'm having is that it seems if "key" contains a single quote (i.e an apostrophe), then lookup-table fails to find the corresponding value - even though the value in table.inputColumn also contains the single quote.
I've put the incoming into an XSL variable, but to no avail.
<xsl:variable name="incoming">
<xsl:value-of select="/obj1:DEV_MESSAGE_TYP/DATA1"/>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="dvm-text">
<xsl:value-of select="orcl:lookup-table('MYTABLE','INVAL',$incoming,'OUTVAL','ds/dev')"/>
</xsl:variable>
Are there any XSLT Gurus out there that have come across this or can think of ways around it?
Thanks in advance...
Regards,
Greg

Ok - the above was on the right track but wasn't 100% because it can't handle more than 1 single quote (apostrophe) in the input to lookup-table.
I've since found a better solution - an XSLT re-usable template that operates recursively and so can replace multiple occurances of single quotes. I've modified it to handle a null input value, otherwise lookup-table will just return the value of the first row in the lookup table - doh! The way I've done it below, if null is passed in, then null will be returned.
This goes at the top of your XSLT map file...

<xsl:template name="replace-string">
<xsl:param name="text"/>
<xsl:param name="from"/>
<xsl:param name="to"/>
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="contains($text, $from)">
     <xsl:variable name="before" select="substring-before($text, $from)"/>
     <xsl:variable name="after" select="substring-after($text, $from)"/>
     <xsl:value-of select="$before"/>
     <xsl:value-of select="$to"/>
<xsl:call-template name="replace-string">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="$after"/>
<xsl:with-param name="from" select="$from"/>
<xsl:with-param name="to" select="$to"/>
     </xsl:call-template>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:when test="$text=''">NULL</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$text"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
Then you call it from within the XSLT map as follows:-

<xsl:variable name="incoming">
<xsl:call-template name="replace-string">
<xsl:with-param name="text" select="inp1:myinputfield"/>
<xsl:with-param name="from">'</xsl:with-param>
<xsl:with-param name="to" select="'&apos;&apos;'"/>
</xsl:call-template>
</xsl:variable>
<xsl:variable name="dvm-text">
<xsl:value-of select="orcl:lookup-table('MYLOOKUPTABLE','INVAL',$incoming,'OUTVAL','ds/dev')"/>
</xsl:variable>

<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="$dvm-text=''">
<xsl:value-of select="inp1:myinputfield"/>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:value-of select="$dvm-text"/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
Much Thanks to everyone who shares information and methods on the Internet!
Cheers,
Greg

Apostrophes (single quote) are lost when generating DDL code.

Hi,
ODI Version : 11.1.1.5.0
Java version : 1.6.0_24
Database version : Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
Context: Generating DDL code for a an ODI Model
PROBLEMATIC: When generating DDL code, all apostrophes (single quote: ') are removed from Datastore Descriptions and Datastore Colunms Descriptions in the process of generating Comments on Tables and Comments on Tables Columns. I tried to double, even triple apostrophes (in descriptions), without success. I also tried double quotes (") without success either.
Ex: Datastore Column Description: *+ID de l'utilisateur+* becomes *+comment on table ... is 'ID de l utilisateur'+* in generated procedure.
Do you know a way to keep the apostrophes when creating Comments on Columns and Oracle Tables by generating DDL code ?
Regards,
Gaston
Edited by: uleblga on 23-May-2012 3:42 PM
Edited by: uleblga on 23-May-2012 3:42 PM

Nobody has a clue as how to handle this problem ?
Regards,
Gaston

SSAS SSRS Report Action on Cell Value w/ Embedded Single Quote Not Executing

I have configured an SSAS 2008 R2 cube SSRS ReportAction. I'm having problems when the member value for a cell has an embedded single quote, e.g. abc's. The action displays on the context menu appropriately, but when I click on the action, nothing happens.
For member values that do not have the single quote, the action works as designed. I've added a calculated ember to escape the embedded single quote by adding another single quote, e.g. abc''s, with no luck. Is there a resolution or workaround for this?

Hi Mdccuber,
According to your description, you create a reporting action in you cube, and it works fine except the members that have embedded single quote, right? In your scenario, it seems that you pass this value to the report as the parameter.
In SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), when pass values to a report, multi-select parameters have to be placed into IN statement and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) will do single-quote wrapping for string values automatically. In this case, the original
value that have embedded single quote will be damaged. So this action not work. You can submit a feedback at
http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/Feedback and hope it is resolved in the next release of service pack or product.
Regards,
Charlie Liao
TechNet Community Support

How can I will declare the symbol u2018 (Single Quote) in the report

Hi ,
Could you please tell me how can I will declare the symbol u2018 (Single Quote) in the report.
My requirement is that I have concate the data with single quote and after that I have to store the data in to an internal table and I have to download the data in the form text file in the presentation server.
For example :
Let the below data I want to download into the presentation serve in the format of text file by storing in internal table.
Assume all are constants:
1st line : abcu2019add
2nd line : defu2019gef
Thanks in advance.

Hi Jyothi,
Thanks for the quick reply .
I can agree with you are point but My requirement is like this I am explaining clearly.
I have declared the internal table like this.
DATA: BEGIN OF OTAB OCCURS 0,
LINE (9024),
END OF OTAB.
So I have to append the each line item into the internal table.
So I am explaining what the data I have to append
Ist line contains
'UNBUNOC:2020308u2019 where 020308 I will get the date from reguh table
2nd line contains:
'DTM+20020510' where the 20020510 will be reference document number from the table reguh.
So I want to declare a constant 'UNBUNOC:2
2nd the date from reguh table
And another constant u2018
So that I can concate all the three and I can put into string and I will append into internal table and I can download the data into the presentation server.
Please let me know if you need any more clarification regarding my requirement.
Thanks in advance.

SSRS Report Returning Double Quote string from a Single Quote String

Hi, I'm getting weird thing in resultset from SSRS report when executed. When I pass parameter to a report, which passes String that has single quote value to a split function , it returns rows with double quote.
For example following string:
'N gage, Wash 'n Curl,Murray's, Don't-B-Bald
Returns:
''N gage, Wash ''n Curl,Murray''s, Don''t-B-Bald
through SSRS report.
Here is the split function Im using in a report.
CREATE Function [dbo].[fnSplit] (
@List varchar(8000),
@Delimiter char(1)
Returns @Temp1 Table (
ItemId int Identity(1, 1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY ,
Item varchar(8000) NULL
As
Begin
Declare @item varchar(4000),
@iPos int
Set @Delimiter = ISNULL(@Delimiter, ';' )
Set @List = RTrim(LTrim(@List))
-- check for final delimiter
If Right( @List, 1 ) <> @Delimiter -- append final delimiter
Select @List = @List + @Delimiter -- get position of first element
Select @iPos = Charindex( @Delimiter, @List, 1 )
While @iPos > 0
Begin
-- get item
Select @item = LTrim( RTrim( Substring( @List, 1, @iPos -1 ) ) )
If @@ERROR <> 0 Break -- remove item form list
Select @List = Substring( @List, @iPos + 1, Len(@List) - @iPos + 1 )
If @@ERROR <> 0 Break -- insert item
Insert @Temp1 Values( @item ) If @@ERROR <> 0 Break
-- get position pf next item
Select @iPos = Charindex( @Delimiter, @List, 1 )
If @@ERROR <> 0 Break
End
Return
End
FYI: I'm getting @List value from a table and passing it as a string to split function.
Any help would be appreciated!
ZK

Another user from TSQL forum posted this code which is returning the same resultset but when I execute both codes in SQL server it works and return single quote as expected.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/8d5c96f5-c498-4f43-b2fb-284b0e83b205/passing-string-which-has-single-quote-rowvalue-to-a-function-returns-double-quoate?forum=transactsql
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.splitter(@string VARCHAR(MAX), @delim CHAR(1))
RETURNS @result TABLE (id INT IDENTITY, value VARCHAR(MAX))
AS
BEGIN
WHILE CHARINDEX(@delim,@string) > 0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @result (value) VALUES (LEFT(@string,CHARINDEX(@delim,@string)-1))
SET @string = RIGHT(@string,LEN(@string)-CHARINDEX(@delim,@string))
END
INSERT INTO @result (value) VALUES (@string)
RETURN
END
GO
ZK

Report parameter field value has a single quote. need to escape before pass

Report has a parameter whose value might have a single quote in it. If I pass that value directly into the SQL Command... like
where ... user_name = {?parm_user_name}...
which would translate to
user_name='O'Donnel Honda'
I am getting an error... so would like to convert this parameter value into 'O''Donnel Honda' before passing into the query.
I created a formula called parse_user_name with following:
Replace ({?parm_user_name}, "'", "''")
And used in the query like
where ... user_name = {@parse_user_name}...
I am getting an error like invalid SQL92 character...

I think you should use the condition like this
where ... user_name = '{?parm_user_name}'
keep the parameter in single quote at the command level itself.
Now use the same formula like
replace({?Parameter},"'","''")
This works only if the parameter is a single value parameter but not multi value parameter.
Regards,
Raghavendra

Handling single quote

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for