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Works in MySQL but not SQL Server
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Visual FoxPro
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Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
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01431281
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>I am horsing around with SQL code tonight and thought I'd try some "stuff", but this code didn't work in SQL Server 2005, but does in MySQL:
>
>What did I do wrong? Is it the two single quotes in the word "don't"?
>
>Here's the SELECT statement:
>
>
>use AdventureWorks
>insert into dbo.Album
>(name, track, duration)
>values
>('Abbey Road', 'Don''t Let me Down', 249)
>
Well, in general, to see if something like that is the problem, just remove it to see if the problem goes away e.g. try 'Dont Let me Down'

If that is the problem you're seeing, then it's an issue of escaping quotes. From what I've found, adding an extra single quote is an accepted way to escape a quote in SQL Server, so your command should work. OTOH, it seems in MySQL a single quote is escaped by a backslash ("\"), so the command would not work in MySQL.

Did you maybe have your question backwards?
Regards. Al

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