Single quotes around a variable

Hi,
I have values that are being passed into a variable with single quotes around.
for eg: 'test'. So the value in variable v_empname will hold the value 'test'
But then below sql statement returns null:
select empid
into v_empid
from emp where empname = v_empname
When I checked the value of the variable it's 'test' and compared as '''test'''.
How can I get around this?
Thanks for the help.
SK.

Doh!
SQL> create or replace procedure get_empno (i_name in varchar2)
2 as
3    v_empno number;
4 begin
5    select empno into v_empno
6    from emp
7    where ename = i_name;
8    dbms_output.put_line('empno is '||v_empno);
9 exception
10    when no_data_found then
11      dbms_output.put_line('No such person, or did you mean '||upper(i_name)||'?');
12 end;
13 /
Procedure created.
SQL>
SQL> set serveroutput on
SQL> exec get_empno('king');
No such person, or did you mean KING?
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> exec get_empno('KING');
empno is 7839
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

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ERROR at line 1:
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Hi sathyabama,
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write m.
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I then build an xpath expression like:
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<from expression="concat('/nsxml0:GetSummariesResponse/nsxml1:Summaries[nsxml1:State = ',bpws:getVariableData('currentState'), ']')"></from>
<to variable="xpath"/>
</copy>
As the result, my xpath look like:
/nsxml0:GetSummariesResponse/nsxml1:Summaries[nsxml1:State = A]
but I need a state surrounded by single quote as 'A' or xpath query like
/nsxml0:GetSummariesResponse/nsxml1:Summaries[nsxml1:State = 'A']
Any ideas how can I single quote a value of bpws:getVariableData('currentState') in my concat expression
Thanks,
-V

Have you tried 'the string contain''s an ''?

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