Question

How would I make a query statement with the single quotes in java. When i search a word with single quotes it show s no record to display

for example i have a name D’costa how would i search this using java

 getSearchByUserSQL.append("SELECT * FROM SID_USERS  ");
    getSearchByUserSQL.append("WHERE lower(FIRSTNAME) like  ? 
          OR lower(LASTNAME) like  ?");

Answer 1

You need to escape ' with \'. Here \ is a escape character.
You can use String.replace to replace ' with \'.

EscapeSequence in Java:

\ b    /* \u0008: backspace BS */
\ t    /* \u0009: horizontal tab HT */
\ n    /* \u000a: linefeed LF */
\ f    /* \u000c: form feed FF */
\ r    /* \u000d: carriage return CR */
\ "    /* \u0022: double quote " */
\ '    /* \u0027: single quote ' */
\ \    /* \u005c: backslash \ */

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