Question

i can not delete this lines from DB becouse of Unclosed quotation marks. How cn i escape it. I try with backslash but not working.

When i try to delete Delete from dbo.Cities where name = ‘Àrbatax’; i get (0 row(s) affected) even in DB 12 rows exist. Problem with unrecognized char À

Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'Ra's al Khaymah';
Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'Cala de s'Algar';
Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'Monte Sant'Angelo';
Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'San Pawl il-Baħar';
Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'Santa Eulària des Riu';
Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'São Luís';
Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'Platja d'Aro';
Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'Cefalù';
Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'Lun-Pequeño';
Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'Àrbatax';
Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'Breña Baja';

Answer 1

Escape single quotes in T-SQL by doubling them:

Delete from dbo.Cities where name = 'Ra''s al Khaymah';