Please see this SQL code:
DECLARE @MyQuery nvarchar(max)
set @MyQuery = 'SELECT TOP 1 @TranslatedMessageOutput =
' + @LanguageName + ' FROM local_translation WHERE English =
'+CHAR(39)+CHAR(39)+Convert(nvarchar(50),
(select English from inserted))
+CHAR(39)+CHAR(39)+CHAR(39)+
' AND [' + @LanguageDateName + '] NOT LIKE ''%1900%'''
If I type abc
for English this query works just fine.
But if I type 'abc'
for English the query is throwing an error:
Unclosed quotation mark after the character string "". Incorrect syntax near "."
How do I solve this?
I suspect you will need to escape the output of this query:
(select English from inserted)
As in
(select replace(English, '''', '''''') from inserted)
The above will replace '
by ''
before concatenating the outcome to your dynamic SQL statement. But with any dynamic SQL, I strongly suggest you make use of bind values to prevent such SQL syntax errors and SQL injection! I.e. you should be able to write something like this:
declare @English;
select @English = English from inserted;
set @MyQuery = 'SELECT TOP 1 @TranslatedMessageOutput =
' + @LanguageName +
' FROM local_translation WHERE English = @English'
' AND [' + @LanguageDateName + '] NOT LIKE ''%1900%''';
-- ...
In Dynamic sql queries in order to avoid confusion ,use Char(39)
instead of '
.
Eg :
SET @T='SELECT '+CHAR(39)+'NAME'+CHAR(39)
returns
SELECT 'NAME'