DOCUMENT:Q236126  27-JUL-2001  [foxpro]
TITLE   :HOWTO: Passing Single Quotes in String to SQL Server w/ SQL PT
PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:2.5,3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbSQL kbvfp300 kbvfp300b kbvfp500 kbvfp500a kbvfp600 kbGrpDSFox kbDSupport kbMDAC250 kb

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a, 6.0 
 - Microsoft Data Access Components version 2.5 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to pass a single quote in a string to a SQL Server
table using SQL passthrough with a DSNless ODBC connection.

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The following example assumes that the Pubs database exists in a SQL Server
datasource called SQLSERVER. The example creates a DSNless ODBC connection
(TESTCONNECTION) to the SQL Server datasource, creates a table named
SINGLEQUOTE, and inserts the string text into the table with the single quote
imbedded in the string.

   *!* Start of the program
   SET SAFETY OFF
   CLEAR
   CLOSE DATA ALL
   CREATE DATABASE test

   *!* DSNless Connection to a SQL Server database
   *!* In the following statement "DBMSSONCN" is the TCP/IP library name
   CREATE CONNECTION testconnection CONNSTRING ;
       "driver={sql server};server=SQLSERVER;uid=sa;pwd=;
        database=pubs;network=dbmssocn"
   xDSNLess = SQLCONNECT("testconnection")

   IF xDSNLess > 0
       *!*	*CHAR(39) is a single quote or apostrophe in SQL Server
       SQLEXEC(xDSNLess, "DROP TABLE singlequote")
       SQLEXEC(xDSNLess, "CREATE TABLE singlequote (singlequote char(30))")
       SQLEXEC(xDSNLess, "INSERT INTO singlequote ;
          VALUES ('single'+char(39)+'quotes '+char(39)+'in the '+;
          char(39)+ 'string')")
       SQLEXEC(xDSNLess, "SELECT * from singlequote")
       SQLEXEC(xDSNLess, "DROP TABLE singlequote")
       BROWSE NOWAIT
   ENDIF

   SQLDISCONNECT(xDSNLess)
   SET SAFETY ON
   *!* End of the program

Additional query words: KBDSE

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Version           : WINDOWS:2.5,3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a,6.0
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