How to use Double Apostrophes (”) In MySQL
Another offer to avoid single quotes in MySQL is to use two consecutive single-quotes (”’). When MySQL finds two adjacent apostrophes in a string literal, then it views them as just a single apostrophe.
-- Using Double Apostrophes
SELECT * FROM Products WHERE ProductName = 'Women''s Dress';
Output:
Explanation: In this query, the two sequential apostrophes (”’) depicted the one apostrophe, which was included in the string value of “Women”s Dress“. MySQL correctly parses this, enabling the query to pick rows which have the column ProductName matching “Women’s Dress”.
The approaches developed are well efficient to escape apostrophes in MySQL queries, in such a way that the string literals containing apostrophes will be interpreted correctly without creating any syntax errors or unintended behavior. Quite often the decision of what to choose from backslashes and double apostrophes is a matter of developers personal preference, or style adopted by development team.
How to Escape Apostrophe in MySQL?
Single quotes are used in MySQL to enclose and identify text data. When dealing with text data that contains an apostrophe, it is important to use correct escaping to avoid SQL injection and other security issues.
In this article, we will discuss several ways to escape an apostrophe in MySQL, which will make your life easier when dealing with text data as well as query execution.