You need to use the STRTRAN Function when using single quotes.. when using "'" you need to use '' to regard ' as a literal.

your command will look like this..

lcDiary = Allt(strtran(lcDiary,"'","''"))

Regards,
Fred
>>I have a program that creates an SQL pass through statment to update a memo field in an SQL table. Here's the code:
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>>lcDiary = "It's great to be alive"
>>l_cSQL ="UPDATE tmtrans SET diary = '"+ lcdiary+ "' WHERE id = 11 "
>>? sqlexec(1,l_csql)
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>>The return is a -1 and the error states Incorrect syntax near s. The problem is caused because there is a ' in the variable lcDiary.
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>>I tried to use double quotes in the l_cSql variable but that does not work. Furthermore, I may have cases were users key in both ' amd " quotes. I want to be able to change the delmiter in SQL server prior to executing my command to somethinhg like "{". I could then write a function to determine if the delimiter was in the text and set SQL correctly prior to updating the table. Can anyone help with changing the SQL server setting?
>>
>>Thanks in advance....
>
>Try using [] as another alternative for quotes.