How to format quotes in a rule file

Hello,
I have been looking in the dbag but can't seem to find any help. When I pull my data using SQL, my member name is "I" ON, but in my rule file is delimits because of the quote to read ION. How do I get "I" ON in my rule file?

As a matter of convenience, I prefer a slightly different approach than to use the load rule to convert the "normal char" back into a "special char", in your case, I would set up a "Loader" alias table entry with the ["I" On] member having an alias of [~I~ On] in that table. The users won't use it, but it will load in fine and if you ever wanted to validate the file it becomes a little easier to spot by just making the loader alias table active.
This isn't always possible, but in addition to saving troubleshooting time it can also help overcome the conversion limitations of a load rule (if you have a lot of conversions, this becomes the defacto solution, so I tend to use it as a systemic answer to load rule conversions).

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