RE: SQL update/insert for a string contain " ' "

I respectfully suggest you consider replacing SQL with calls to an RPG or
COBOL program.  While it's a little bit of upfront work, it's far easier to
maintain in the long run, and performs much better.

Joe


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xu, Weining
>
> I am using JDBC to perform update/insert for DB2 on AS400.  The user types
> inputs from a Java GUI. For example, when user types in "Tom's desk" in a
> text field.  I will update the field with the typed string.  The partial
> code is like this:
>
> String desc = getJTextFieldDesc().getText();
>
> String update = "update myTable set DESCRIPTION = '"+desc+"'
> where ID = 1";
>
> stmt.createStatement();
> stmt.executeUpdate(update);
>
> The update will return error, since the string passed into SQL update
> statement would be 'Tom's Desk'.  The SQL hit the first closing "  '  "
> after letter m rather after letter k.
>
> Any solutions?  Thanks for your help.