Funny you should ask.. I was asking the same thing an hour ago in the thread above this one., As Kevin has told you, escaping each singlel quote with another single quote will do it, but be sure to check out Boris's example and the thread itself as the code is very cool.
Message ID:
1582747>Hi All -
>
>My query is built with an SQL string that is executed by separate command.
>declare @SQL nvarchar(max), @Columns VARCHAR(max)
>
>set @columns = stuff((
>select ', ' + quotename(FundType)
>FROM (
>SELECT FundType
>FROM LookupFundtypes P ) S
>WHERE FundType <> ''
>ORDER BY FundType
>FOR XML PATH('')), 1,2,'')
>
>print @Columns
>
>set @SQL =
>';with cte as (
>SELECT *
>FROM (
>SELECT sponsor, fundtype, amount
>from TIP_ApprovedFunding f
>inner join TIP_Projects p on p.TipID = f.TipID
>where p.ApprovedStatus = [Active]
> )
> select * from cte
> PIVOT
> (
> Sum(amount)
> FOR [FundType]
> IN (' + @Columns + ')
> ) AS PivotTableAlias'
>
>execute sp_ExecuteSQL @SQL>Note that it attempts to embed a string 'Active' inside the main sql string. This is erroring out with a message of 'incorrect syntax near SELECT'. I am fairly sure the problem is delineating the word 'Active'. Can someone tell me how to do this, or do you see something else wrong with the query?
>
>Thanks UT is great!
Charles Hankey
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