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Asked: 2026-05-30T17:54:15+00:00

I have the following dml sql (generated by mysql wb): INSERT INTO `status_need` VALUES

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I have the following dml sql (generated by mysql wb):

INSERT INTO `status_need` VALUES (1,1,1,'famille cherchant une autre famille (pour garde partagée ou sortie d\'école)'),(2,1,2,'famille cherchant professionnelle de la garde d\'enfants'),(3,2,1,'professionnelle de la garde d\'enfants cherchant enfants à garder');

When I run it from java, it raises an error probably because of the apostrophe/quote within the value of the field.

I am not sure why that is because the quote is escaped by a backslash and what is more, this SQL was generated by mysql itself.

Can anyone please let me know how to solve this problem?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m guessing that your Java code has a string literal that looks like this:

    "INSERT INTO `status_need` VALU...ie d\'écol..."

    ?

    The reason that doesn’t work is that in Java, inside a string literal, \' means '. You need to escape the backslash \ by writing \\ instead:

    "INSERT INTO `status_need` VALU...ie d\\'écol..."

    (Or, as danihp says, you can sidestep the issue by writing '' instead of \': MySQL supports both ways of escaping a single-quote inside a single-quoted string.)

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