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Re: SQL Select where database value contains an apostrophe

Thanks Paul.
That solved my problem.

As always, all help is greatly appreciated.

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Paul Therrien <
paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Scan and replace the input variable to replace any single quote with a
double quote.
I know you are on V6R1 so %ScanRpl is not available? You will need to
%scan the input value for a quote and then update the quote to a
double-quote.
If you expect multiple single quotes in the input string then you will want
to loop throught the entire length of the string.


Paul


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Jeff
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Subject: Re: SQL Select where database value contains an apostrophe

Thanks Paul.
How would I implement that in a program where the value is a variable input
from a screen?

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst

On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Paul Therrien <
paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How about:
WHERE XXNAME LIKE '%DAVE''S%'


Paul

-----Original Message-----
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Kevin Bucknum
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 9:41 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: SQL Select where database value contains an apostrophe

You are looking for the escape keyword/function.




Kevin Bucknum
Senior Programmer Analyst
MEDDATA/MEDTRON
Tel: 985-893-2550

-----Original Message-----
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Jeff Young
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 8:29 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: SQL Select where database value contains an apostrophe

V6R1
I have a file containing names that have an apostrophe in them
(Dave's, O'Neils..etc). I need to be able to select these records
using LIKE in the WHERE section. I have tried using double quotes
(") to surround the search value (WHERE XXNAME LIKE "%DAVE'S%", but
SQL treats the value as a field name and cant find it.

All suggestions appreciated.

Thanks,

Jeff Young
Sr. Programmer Analyst
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