Single quotes in the values of an update statement

[Kai Benndorf]

Hi all,

i'm using the JDBC driver from FileMaker together with Apache's Cocoon to build a web application. On updating my data i create a SQL statement containing a single quote in the new value, like the following:

update "Produkt.fp5" set name='Thank's'

It don't work, i receive a error message from FilemMaker. I tried to escape the single quote with '', ', %27, and some other, but i don't get it to work.

I've found a similar thread in this forum, but without solution. Is there really no solution to this problem ?

Many thanks in advance

Kai

[omiossec]

What is the error message you get ?

update "Produkt.fp5" set name='Thank's' is your all statement ?

[Kai Benndorf]

I don't have currently the exact error text at hand, but the error message was something about an incorrect SQL statement.

The statement:

update "Produkt.fp5" set name='Thank's'

is only an simplified example, the real statements updates several additional fields.

[conjur]

Well, first off, I realize that was an example by Thanks is not possessive. There is no need for a single quote in it.

Another option is to use the back-tick ` instead of the apostrophe.

[Kai Benndorf]

The values to be set in the database originated from a wen form and thus i can't prevent the user to type in an apostrophe. I've already implemented the exchange of the apostrophe with an backquote, but this is still incorrect. It#s not the data the user wants to write in the database

[The Shadow]

I could be wrong, but I believe SQL-92 uses two single quotes together to put a literal quote in a string:

(with two single quotes, not a double-quote )

Try:

update "Produkt.fp5" set name='Thank''s'