Question

I am converting my classic asp to .Net using parameterized queries. My problem is that in my classic apps I would replace the apostrophe with the ascii equivelent '

Now I would like to replace that value in the database with a real apostrophe. I am not sure how the syntax should be to do this. I can find the ' but I am not sure how to replace. The following is the simple update I am trying to run that errors out.

update tblCustomer set
Name = replace(Name, ''', ”’)

Answer 1

Double up the apostrophe to escape it in a string literal

update tblCustomer set Name = replace(Name, ''', '''')

Or use the char function

update tblCustomer set Name = replace(Name, ''', CHAR(39))