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Asked: 2026-05-10T23:45:20+00:00

I have an international company that has recently been added, which is named BLA

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I have an international company that has recently been added, which is named ‘BLA ‘BLAHBLAH’ Ltd. (The double quotes are part of the name. )

Whenever a user tries to search for this company, by entering ‘Blah, or something to that affect, the search fails with a syntax error in SQL server.

How can I escape this so the search will not fail?

Sample SQL:

SELECT c.companyID, c.companyName, c.dateAdded, count(cm.maxID) as NumDirect     FROM RussoundGeneral.dbo.Company c            LEFT JOIN RussoundGeneral.dbo.CompanyMax cm                 ON (cm.companyId = c.companyId and cm.maxID is not null)       WHERE CONTAINS ( companyName,  ''BLAH*' )     GROUP BY c.companyID, c.companyName, c.dateAdded       ORDER BY c.companyName ASC
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  1. Unfortunately, double-quotes have special meaning inside FTI, so even if you parameterize it, the FTI engine treats it as a phrase delimiter. I am not sure there is an easy way to include double-quotes in an FTI search. Brackets are also a special character, but can be encased in quotes to treat as a query term – but not AFAIK double-quotes.

    Update

    A bit of searching suggests that doubling the quote to ” may fix it – worth a try. Personally, I’d do this inside the DB, since this is a TSQL implementation detail.

    Likewise, ‘ needs to be doubled to ” before passing to FTI (completely separate to TSQL escaping),

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