Questions related to the use of single-quotes in different programming languages.
Questions tagged [single-quotes]
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datatable .net 2.0 select with double single quote returns no results
I've datatable as follows
DataTable ex= new DataTable();
ex.Columns.Add("Object");
ex.Columns.Add("Found");
ex.Rows.Add("vase''s","True");
string keyword="vase''s";
DataRow [] drs = ex.Select("[Object] like '%" + keyword + "%'");
drs is always…

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Does putting '' on SQL column names run from a PHP program have any effect?
Is there any difference between the following two codes? Does putting '' around the column names have any effect in SQL run from a PHP program ?
Code 1: SELECT f.id FROM sample_table f;
Code 2: SELECT f.'id' FROM sample_table f;

SIDDHARTH MEHTA
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Use single quotes within a string for prepared statement
I have a Like condition in a query I need to filter on first and last name in a users table.
My variables are set up like this:
$firstname = Input::get('firstname');
$lastname = Input::get('lastname');
$myparameters = array();
$filterfirst = "'%" .…

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' - single quotes key in cmd not working
just installed mysql and now trying to work with it (adding databases/tables) through cmd (windows) but when I use single quotes from my keyboard I mean "the key from the left near enter" it does not work. The layout is EN US.
Yes, it works with the…

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Android Sqlite insertion of a single quote ex. "O'Connor"
For some reason I can't get the single quote with apostrophes in a name field to submit to my sqlite database.
Here's where I get the input and call the database function
if(fnamelabel.contains("'") || fnamelabel.contains("-")){
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quotes in Jquery selectors
I read a couple of answer about a similar question and people always say that there is no difference between a single and a double quote. The problem is I have a little line of code that somehow seem to matter...
$("li[data-type|='veg']").append('…

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Linux outputs variable with single quotes around special characters
Korn shell 93u+
2>&1 | tee -a ${LOGFILE}
puts the output to a file. I want to add that command to each function I run. For example:
_cleanup_test 2>&1 | tee -a ${LOGFILE}
That works fine.
But I want to replace 2>&1 | tee -a ${LOGFILE} with a…

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single quotes around server variable classic asp
I have the following link being created dynamically in a legacy .asp application.
<%=sClientName%>
When this renders it…

Nick G
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perl regex remove quotes from string
I would like to remove trailing and leading single quotes from a string, but not if a quote starts in the middle of the string.
Example: I would like to remove the quotes from 'text is single quoted' but not from text is 'partly single…

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How to assign a variable string with single quotes to Jinja2
I receive a json payload like below:
{
"address": {
"summary": "my home's address"
}
}
I have a JSON with jinja template:
{
"parent_elem": [{
"address": "{{DATA.address}}"
}]
}
Then, I try to copy the value…

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How to add single inverted comma after column name
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I want to print the statement like [Emp_name's salary is .....] ex.- Aniket's salary is...
What will be the syntax for this?
I have tried this SQL:
select empname + 's''salary is' + cast(salary as varchar)
from…

Aniket Thakale
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Ansible rsync / synchronize fails when filename contain whitespaces and are enclosed in single quotes
I was advised on stackoverflow to call ansible-playbook from Jenkins pipeline script as below:
sh '''
ansible-playbook /web/playbooks/getfiles.yml -e "dest_host='$dest_host'" -e "dest_user='$dest_user'" -e…

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How does bash parse double quotes and single quotes
I have to implement a minishell written in C for my school homework,and I am currently working on the parsing of the user input and I have a question regarding single quote and double quote.
How are they parsed, I mean many combo are possible as…

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How to enclose a string within single quotes in Ansible
Below is the string
ORACLE_THIN PTEST1 my$pass myhost-SCA.mybank.com:1521/OLTP445
Desired output with password enclosed in single quotes:
ORACLE_THIN PTEST1 'my$pass' myhost-SCA.mybank.com:1521/OLTP445
Below is my ansible playbook:
- debug:
…

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Powershell - Single Quote in String Variable with XPath
Dear Powershell fellows,
i have a (maybe) very simple problem, but i have no idea how to solve it. I want to use a String Variable, that contains a single quote, within a XPath notation. I use the CMDlet Select-Xml. If there is no single quote…

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