In this post, I’ll cover a few methods you can use to escape single quotes properly in SQL Server. The most popular is double single quotes.
Escape Text for JSON: Build Valid JSON With STRING_ESCAPE
To escape text for JSON, pass each value through STRING_ESCAPE, so JSON built by hand stays valid. A demo shows which characters it escapes and which it leaves alone. It also shows when JSON_MODIFY and FOR JSON make it unnecessary.
How to Escape a Single Quote in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #192
How do you escape a single quote in SQL Server? A college student asked me at a Bangalore user group, a few people laughed, and here is the simple answer.
Find Rows With Single Quotes in SQL Server: SQL in Sixty Seconds #075
To find rows with single quotes, write the quote twice inside the search string. This post tests four search patterns on one million rows on SQL Server 2025, shows which two are the same query and which one costs more, and covers the curly quote that a straight quote search misses.
SQLAuthority News – 10 Motivational Quotes from Technologiest of the Past
Here are 10 motivational quotes from great technologists of the past, from Elbert Hubbard to Thomas Edison and Douglas Adams. Add your favorite too.