Use of the quote / apostrophe in text fields

From: Robson, Peter <pgro_at_bgs.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:59:33 -0000
Message-ID: <20F05B2143AF194CB9E300E1AEE5EF850C8A85@mhntsmail.ad.bgs.ac.uk>

Many of our data fields require use of a quote embedded within the text field, most particularly for proper names (eg 'A'MHOINE PSAMMITE', just to give you a taste of Scottish geological terminology!)

This can prove troublesome where autogenerated update scripts are used, in which the value of the field is retrieved back into a quote-delimited string.

Is anyone aware of a means of redefining the field delimiter from a quote to some other arbitrary character in SQL?

thanks,

peter
edinburgh

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