Insert string with quotes or apostrophies

Hi,
This seems like a simple problem, but I can't seem to find the answer.
If I want to insert a string into an oracle database that contains an apostrophy, for example:
"She's...."
How would I insert something like this when you normally surround your string with single quotes?
Thanks,
Annette

Use 2 single quotes to create one in your data.
select 'She''s' from dual;
returns She's
null

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Thanks for your code, but the problem is pValueMap.get(aColumnName) is an Object and it cannot be initialized as a String .
scsi-boy,
I am attaching the 2 files related, StatementBuilder.java and AbstractEntity.java.
Basically, the statementBuilder.java builds the SQL stmt and AbstractEntity.java does the update, delete and inserts(it has the PreparedStament). So could someone suggest me a solution based on this code.
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import java.util.*;
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* @param pTableName
* @param pCondition
* @param pResult
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* @param pQualifierName
* @param pTableName
* @param pCondition
* @param pResult
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* @param pValueMap
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* @param pQualifierName
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appendEqualTo();
pushTable(pQualifierName, pJoinedTableName);
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appendOpening();
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* @param pCondition2
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appendValueUpper(pValue1);
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appendColumn(pColumnName);
appendEqualTo();
appendValue(pValue);
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* @param pColumnName
* @param pValue
void isEqualToIgnoringCase(String pColumnName, Object pValue)
appendColumnUpper(pColumnName);
appendEqualTo();
appendValueUpper(pValue);
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* @param pColumnName
* @param pValue
void isNotEqualTo(String pColumnName, Object pValue)
appendColumn(pColumnName);
appendNotEqualTo();
appendValue(pValue);
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* @param pColumnName
* @param pValue
void isNotEqualToIgnoringCase(String pColumnName, Object pValue)
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appendNotEqualTo();
appendValueUpper(pValue);
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* @param pColumnName
* @param pValue
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appendColumn(pColumnName);
appendLessThan();
appendValue(pValue);
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* @param pColumnName
* @param pValue
void isLessThanIgnoringCase(String pColumnName, Object pValue)
appendColumnUpper(pColumnName);
appendLessThan();
appendValueUpper(pValue);
* emits a "less than or equals" predicate.
* @param pColumnName
* @param pValue
void isLessThanOrEqualTo(String pColumnName, Object pValue)
appendColumn(pColumnName);
appendLessThanOrEqualTo();
appendValue(pValue);
* emits a case-insensitive "less than or equals" predicate.
* @param pColumnName
* @param pValue
void isLessThanOrEqualToIgnoringCase(String pColumnName, Object pValue)
appendColumnUpper(pColumnName);
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appendValueUpper(pValue);
* emits a "greater than" predicate.
* @param pColumnName
* @param pValue
void isGreaterThan(String pColumnName, Object pValue)
appendColumn(pColumnName);
appendGreaterThan();
appendValue(pValue);
* emits a case-insensitive "greater than" predicate.
* @param pColumnName
* @param pValue
void isGreaterThanIgnoringCase(String pColumnName, Object pValue)
appendColumnUpper(pColumnName);
appendGreaterThan();
appendValueUpper(pValue);
* emits a "greater than or equals" predicate.
* @param pColumnName
* @param pValue
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appendColumn(pColumnName);
appendGreaterThanOrEqualTo();
appendValue(pValue);
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* @param pColumnName
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appendColumnUpper(pColumnName);
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* @param pQualifierName
* @param pTableName
* @param pCondition
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* @param pQualifierName
* @param pTableName
* @param pCondition
* @param pResult
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* @param pTableName
* @param pCondition
private void count(String pQualifierName, String pTableName, AbstractEntityCondition pCondition)
// this statment only reads from the DB
mIsReadOnly = true;
// initialize the table stack using the selected table
// the first push will write " FROM ..."
pushTable(pQualifierName, pTableName);
// build and insert "SELECT ..." before the " FROM ..." that was written on the push above
m1Buffer.insert(0, "SELECT COUNT(*) ");
// do WHERE
if (pCondition != null)
m2Buffer.append(" WHERE ");
// will add to both "FROM..." in first buffer and to "WHERE ..." in second buffer
// this call does most of the hard work, and handles joins to other tables, etc.
appendCondition(pCondition);
// finished with this table
popTable();
private void insert(String pQualifierName, String pTableName, Map pValueMap)
// m1Buffer.append("set identity_insert " + pTableName + " off "+ " ").append("INSERT INTO ").append(QualifyTableName(pQualifierName, pTableName)).append(" (");
m1Buffer.append("INSERT INTO ").append(QualifyTableName(pQualifierName, pTableName)).append(" (");
m2Buffer.append(" VALUES (");
// go over all values
boolean isNotFirst = false;
for (Iterator i = pValueMap.keySet().iterator(); i.hasNext();)
if (isNotFirst)
m1Buffer.append(", ");
m2Buffer.append(", ");
isNotFirst = true;
String aColumnName = (String) i.next();
// add the column name to the first part
m1Buffer.append(aColumnName);
// add a "?" to the second part, as well as adding the value to the parameter list
if(pValueMap.get(aColumnName)!= null) {
//Object column= pValueMap.get(aColumnName);
aColumnName=aColumnName.replace( '\'', '`');
m2Buffer.append("'");
m2Buffer.append(pValueMap.get(aColumnName));
m2Buffer.append("'");
} else {
m2Buffer.append(pValueMap.get(aColumnName));
m1Buffer.append(")");
m2Buffer.append(")");
* builds a key-retrieval statement.
//* @param pTypeName
protected void identity(String pTypeName)
m2Buffer.append("SELECT CAST( @@IDENTITY AS "+ pTypeName + ")" );
private void update(String pQualifierName, String pTableName, Map pValueMap, AbstractEntityCondition pCondition)
m1Buffer.append("UPDATE ").append(QualifyTableName(pQualifierName, pTableName)).append(" SET ");
// go over all values
boolean isNotFirst = false;
for (Iterator i = pValueMap.keySet().iterator(); i.hasNext();)
if (isNotFirst)
m1Buffer.append(", ");
isNotFirst = true;
String aColumnName = (String) i.next();
// add the column name to the first part
m1Buffer.append(aColumnName);
m1Buffer.append(" = ");
// add a "?" to the second part, as well as adding the value to the parameter list
if((pValueMap.get(aColumnName)) == null) {
m1Buffer.append(pValueMap.get(aColumnName));
// System.out.println("NUll values are= " + pValueMap.get(aColumnName));
} else{
m1Buffer.append("'");
m1Buffer.append(pValueMap.get(aColumnName));
m1Buffer.append("'");
//System.out.println("Not Null values ARE*********" + pValueMap.get(aColumnName));
// do WHERE
if (pCondition != null)
m2Buffer.append(" WHERE ");
// this will normally be a key condition (one row updated at a time)
appendCondition(pCondition); // will add to "WHERE ..." clause
* builds a "delete" statement.
* @param pQualifierName
* @param pTableName
* @param pCondition
private void delete(String pQualifierName, String pTableName, AbstractEntityCondition pCondition)
m1Buffer.append("DELETE FROM ").append(QualifyTableName(pQualifierName, pTableName));
// do WHERE
if (pCondition != null)
m2Buffer.append(" WHERE ");
// this will normally be a key condition (one row deleted at a time)
appendCondition(pCondition); // will add to "WHERE ..." clause
* will get and save a unique (to this statment) correlation name of the given table
* to be used in the WHERE clause. This is in case the same table joined to
* more than once in the same query.
* @param pTableName
* @return
private String getCorrelationName(String pTableName)
String aCorrelationName = pTableName;
while (mReferenceSet.contains(aCorrelationName))
aCorrelationName = aCorrelationName + "_OTHER";
mReferenceSet.add(aCorrelationName);
return aCorrelationName;
* will prepend the qualifier (if any) to the table name.
* @param pQualifierName
* @param pTableName
* @return
private static String QualifyTableName(String pQualifierName, String pTableName)
return (pQualifierName == null ? "" : pQualifierName + ".") + pTableName;
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* This is used anytime a join is needed.
* @param pQualifierName
* @param pTableName
private void pushTable(String pQualifierName, String pTableName)
String aCorrelationName = getCorrelationName(pTableName);
String aTableDeclaration = QualifyTableName(pQualifierName, pTableName) + " " + aCorrelationName;
m1Buffer.append(m1Buffer.length() == 0 ? " FROM " : ", ");
m1Buffer.append(aTableDeclaration);
mTableList.add(aTableDeclaration);
mTableStack.addFirst(aCorrelationName); // push
* will revert to the previous current table. This is used after a join is finished building.
private void popTable()
mTableStack.removeFirst(); // pop
* gets the table at the top of the stack.
* @return
private String getCurrentTable()
return (String) mTableStack.getFirst();
* will qualify the given column name with the name of the current table.
* @param pColumnName
* @return
private String QualifyColumnName(String pColumnName)
if (SELECT.equals(mStatementType))
return getCurrentTable() + "." + pColumnName;
return pColumnName;
* will qualify the column name and append it to the second buffer.
* @param pColumnName
private void appendColumn(String pColumnName)
m2Buffer.append(QualifyColumnName(pColumnName));
* will qualify the column name and append it to the second buffer, adding the "UPPER" function.
* @param pColumnName
private void appendColumnUpper(String pColumnName)
appendUpper();
appendOpening();
appendColumn(pColumnName);
appendClosing();
* will append "?" to the second buffer and add the value to the parameter list,
* or append "NULL" if the value is null.
* @param pValue
private void appendValue(Object pValue)
if (pValue == null)
m2Buffer.append("NULL");
else
m2Buffer.append("?");
mParameterList.add(pValue);
* will append "?" to the second buffer and add the upper-cased value to the parameter list,
* or append "NULL" if the value is null.
* @param pValue
private void appendValueUpper(Object pValue)
appendValue(null == pValue ? null : pValue.toString().toUpperCase());
* will append the condition to the statement. This initiates a series of calls that walks
* the expression tree and builds the SQL accordingly by calls back to methods of this class.
* @param pCondition
private void appendCondition(AbstractEntityCondition pCondition)
pCondition.buildPredicate(this);
* appends a true condition.
private void appendTrue()
m2Buffer.append("1=1");
* appends a false condition.
private void appendFalse()
m2Buffer.append("1=0");
* appends an opening parenthesis.
private void appendOpening()
m2Buffer.append("(");
* appends a closing parenthesis.
private void appendClosing()
m2Buffer.append(")");
* appends "is null".
private void appendIsNull()
m2Buffer.append(" IS NULL");
* appends "is not null".
private void appendIsNotNull()
m2Buffer.append(" IS NOT NULL");
private void appendAnd()
m2Buffer.append(" AND ");
private void appendOr()
m2Buffer.append(" OR ");
private void appendNot()
m2Buffer.append("NOT ");
private void appendLike()
m2Buffer.append(" LIKE ");
private void appendBetween()
m2Buffer.append(" BETWEEN ");
private void appendEqualTo()
m2Buffer.append(" = ");
private void appendNotEqualTo()
m2Buffer.append(" <> ");
private void appendLessThan()
m2Buffer.append(" < ");
private void appendLessThanOrEqualTo()
m2Buffer.append(" <= ");
private void appendGreaterThan()
m2Buffer.append(" > ");
private void appendGreaterThanOrEqualTo()
m2Buffer.append(" >= ");
* appends the upper-casing function.
private void appendUpper()
m2Buffer.append("UCASE");
* constructs the final SQL expression, builds a prepared statement with it,
* and fills the prepared statement with the parameter values.
* @param pConnection
* @return
* @throws SQLException
PreparedStatement generatePreparedStatement(Connection pConnection) throws SQLException
pConnection.setReadOnly(mIsReadOnly);
String sql = m1Buffer + " " + m2Buffer;
System.out.println("GENERATED SQL = ");
System.out.println(sql);
System.out.println("GENERATED SQL = ");
System.out.println(sql);
System.out.println("PARAMETER LIST = ");
System.out.println(mParameterList);
PreparedStatement aPreparedStatement = pConnection.prepareStatement(sql);
for (int i = 0; i < mParameterList.size(); i++)
aPreparedStatement.setObject(1 + i, mParameterList.get(i));
return aPreparedStatement;
* is an enumerated type.
private static final class StatementType extends AbstractType
private StatementType(String pType)
super(pType);
[i]package firstpro.persistence;
import multnomah.database.ConnectionPool;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.*;
* is the abstract base class for all generated entity classes.
* It encompasses all functionality not specifically tied to a given field.
public abstract class AbstractEntity
* contains all "open" entities in the system.
* This is to insure that two threads cannot update the same entity at the same time.
* It is a weak hash map, so that entries do not prevent garbage collection if something is left open.
static Map sOpenEntityMap = new WeakHashMap();
* is true when the entity represents a row in a table
boolean mIsBacked = false;
* is true when the entity is in a state that allows updating
boolean mIsMutable = false;
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This is being done in Crystal 8 will all updates applied.
I have a database with records that are linked to a series of "folders" that are hierarchical in nature as shown below:
Folder 1:
     Folder 1.1
          Folder 1.1.1
Folder 2
    Folder 2.1
All of the folders can have data records attached to them.
The database represents the folder structure in a table with the following attributes:
Folder ID   (integer)
Folder Name (String) (such as "Folder 1"
Folder Parent ID (integer)
(other non-related fields)
If the folder is at the root level, then the value in Folder Parent ID is 0, otherwise, it is the Folder ID of the parent folder.
I need to be able to create a string field that displays the path for any given folder that I can insert into a group header or footer, or into a report header if the report deals with records in a single folder. Desired format for the string is:
"Folder 1> Folder 1.1> Folder 1.1.1"
I need to be able to display at least 6 levels of folder indentation.
I have tried several ways to create a formula that will reliably produce the desired string, and can get close, but cannot completely address the problem. My most successful approach was to put multiple instance of the table into the report and link the Folder Parent ID of one level to the Folder ID of the next level down and then use the data to build the string with a formula like this:
Local StringVar Result := {portfolio_master.portfolio_name};
local stringvar ExitLoop := "1" ;
if ExitLoop = "1" then
    Result := {portfolio_master_1.portfolio_name} + "> " + Result
else
    ExitLoop := "0";
if {portfolio_master_1.parent_id} NE 0 AND ExitLoop = "1" then // NE replaces Crystal not equal symbol which will not show
    Result := {portfolio_master_2.portfolio_name} + "> " + Result
else
    ExitLoop := "0";
if {portfolio_master_2.parent_id} NE 0 and ExitLoop = "1" then
    Result := {portfolio_master_3.portfolio_name} + "> " + Result
else
    ExitLoop := "0";
if {portfolio_master_3.parent_id} NE 0 and ExitLoop = "1" then
    Result := {portfolio_master_4.portfolio_name} + "> " + Result
else
    ExitLoop := "0";
if {portfolio_master_4.parent_id} NE 0 and ExitLoop = "1" then
    Result := {portfolio_master_5.portfolio_name} + "> " + Result
else
    ExitLoop := "0";
Result;
This formula works so long as the folder in question is exactly 5 levels deep. Changing the nature of the links(inner join, left outer join etc.) between the instances of the table in the Database Expert changes the data that is visible, but I can't find a combination that will show ALL of the needed information for all of the folders.
I understand that this is a brute force approach, and that there must be a different way to skin the cat. My preference would be to "walk the tree" with a loop structure, but I don't see any way to do the needed data look up within the loop.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
L. Jasmann
Edited by: ljasmann1 on Jun 23, 2010 9:09 PM
Edited by: ljasmann1 on Jun 23, 2010 9:33 PM

I have been working to adapt the code provided above to my application. Although I have worked with Crystal for quite a while, this is the first time that I have attempted to use SQL in Crystal... and it is just not working.. probably because I am no doing something very basic.
Here is the code as currently set up in the SQL Formula Editor. Only major difference from the code provided above is that the ID fields are integers instead of strings, and the field that I want to print out is a string field separate from the ID fields.... I have substituted the field names from the table I am referencing for the ones in the code above. The table that I am using has been selected using the Database Expert.
DECLARE @Value int, @pf int, @FolderPath VarChar(MAX)
SET @Value = "portfolio_master"."portfolio_id"
SELECT @pf = "portfolio_master"."parent_id" FROM portfolio_master WHERE "portfolio_master"."portfolio_id" = @Value
SET @FolderPath = "portfolio_master"."portfolio_name"
WHILE @pf <> 0
BEGIN
SET @Value = @pf
SELECT @pf = "portfolio_master"."parent_id" FROM portfolio_master WHERE "portfolio_master"."portfolio_id" = @Value
SET @FolderPath = "portfolio_master"."portfolio_name" + ' > ' + @FolderPath
END
SELECT @FolderPath AS FolderPath
When I test the SQL statement it errors out on the very first statement (the DECLARE statement). If I substitute a different statement in front of the DECLARE statement, it errors on that statement.
Here is the error that I get back. The database is using MS SQL Server.
Error in compiling SQL Expression:
Failed to retrieve data from the database.
Details: ADO Error Code: 0x80040e14
Source: Microsoft OLE db Provider for SQL Server
Description: Incorrect syntax near the keyword u2018DECLAREu2019,
SQL State: 42000
Native Error: 156 [Database Vendor Code: 156].
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks,
Larry Jasmann

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For example, the following sentence (notice the curly quotes):
John’s new song is called “DW Blues”
would get pasted into Code View as:
John's new song is called "DW Blues"
Notice the smart quotes and apostrophe are replaced with single and double ticks, or "straight quotes." While this seems like a minor detail, it's extremely important to our writers and editors to have them appear on the website exactly as typed.
If I do the same copy/paste in Design View (doc type is XHTML Transitional), it appears as:
John's new song is called "DW Blues"
The characters are still replaced, and the straight quotes are then entity encoded (as expected).
This doesn't happen with other valid UTF-8 characters like ™, ®, —, etc., or with any other code editors I've used, including DW CS3.
Is there a hidden preference somewhere to disable this "feature," or is it just a bug?
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FWIW, I have set my DW CS5 Paste preferences to the 3rd of 4 options available
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    2 - Text With Structure
    3 - Text With Structure Plus Basic Formatting
    4 - Text With Structure Plus Full Formatting
in the EDIT > PREFERENCES > Copy/Paste Preferences dialog box.
But the Paste Special command ignores this setting, giving me only the first 2 options from which to choose, with option 2 the default selection for Paste Special operations (options 3 and 4 are grayed out, and can't be selected).
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Regardless of such restrictions, standard copy-and-paste (CTRL+C followed by CTRL+V) works just fine for me using Dreamweaver CS4 (i.e., I have never needed to use the Paste Special command), but with DW CS5, neither Paste command (CONTROL+V or CTRL+SHIFT+V) works properly with typographic/curly/smart quotes.
All typographic quotes -- ASCII-0146 and ASCII-0147 (double quote marks); plus ASCII-0145 and ASCII-0146 (single quote marks, for quotes within a quote) -- are converted to inch (" is entered in the code) and foot (' is entered in the code) marks when I copy-and-paste text with these characters into Dreamweaver's Design View.
When I copy this same plain ASCII text directly into the code (rather than using Design View), typographic double open & close quotes are converted to the inch (") mark, and typographic single open & close quotes are converted to the foot (') mark.
The beginning of this week, I installed Dreamweaver CS5, ver. 11.0, Build 4909 under Windows 8.1 OS on my new Ultrabook. I was hoping that under Windows 8.1, DW CS5's handling of typographic quotes might improve so that I can actually use this program that I purchased 4 years ago. Alas, no such luck: I continue to have the same problem I had when I first upgraded to Dreamweaver CS5 back in August 2010 (then running under Windows XP on my desktop computer).
Back in August 2020, when I first asked about fixes, I was told to change the Title/Encoding setting of Page Properties to "Western European" -- which I tried, but it didn't work then, and it doesn't work now ... and even if it did, it wouldn't be a proper fix for the problem as I have plenty of good reasons for wanting my HTML page Title/Encoding set to Unicode (UTF-8), not Western European ("charset=iso-8859-1").
The ability to copy-and-paste typographic quotes is such a big deal for me that I chose back in August 2010 to revert to Dreamweaver CS4, which I've been using ever since.
It is *very* frustrating that, 4 years later, I still can't use this program, and shall be reverting to DW CS4, yet again.
I continue to be completely flummoxed by this. Every other program with which I am familiar converts non-typographic quotes to typographic/curly/smart quotes ... never have I seen the process automated in reverse!

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hi,
How do i insert a sngle quote in a table from sql prompt
suppose if i want to insert Luna's car.
how i do it...
i get error...on sql prompt

dear satyaki ,
SQL> select * from v$version;
BANNER
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Prod
PL/SQL Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
CORE 10.2.0.1.0 Production
TNS for 32-bit Windows: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NLSRTL Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
SQL> desc tst
Name Null? Type
X VARCHAR2(50)
SQL> insert into tst
2 values (q'!luna's car!');
ERROR:
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