UDF to wrap a string in single quotes for a dynamic TSQL statement

On 11 Apr, 2015

T-SQL

By : Charith Silva

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Below user-defined scalar function help you to wrap a string in single quotes for a dynamic TSQL statement.

USE [databasename];
GO

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[Quoted_String](@string nvarchar(3500)) 
RETURNS nvarchar(4000) AS
BEGIN
     DECLARE @tmp_string nvarchar(4000)
     DECLARE @quote char(1)
     SELECT @quote = ''''
     SELECT @tmp_string = replace(@string, @quote, @quote + @quote)
     RETURN(@quote + @tmp_string + @quote)
END

USE [databasename];

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[Quoted_String](@string nvarchar(3500))

RETURNS nvarchar(4000) AS

BEGIN

DECLARE @tmp_string nvarchar(4000)

DECLARE @quote char(1)

SELECT @quote = ''''

SELECT @tmp_string = replace(@string, @quote, @quote + @quote)

RETURN(@quote + @tmp_string + @quote)

END

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Charith Silva is a Microsoft certified SQL Server developer and database administrator who was graduated at Buckinghamshire New university in the UK. His career was started in 1998, primarily into Web application development, and later diversified into database development. He has got a vast experience in SQL Server database development, Database administration and Business Intelligence development. He believes that sharing the knowledge is key to the success.

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