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pipe & SQL

I just found a nice little thing today (our DBA's didnt know about it either), you cant insert a pipe ( | ) directly with sql

ie

insert into tblMyTable ( myField ) values ( "|" )

so, easy enough to change it to chr(124) and everything works well.

My Q is, How am i suposed to know that?? Is there some doc's / people know of what other things i cann't just go striaght out and add (of course " and ', but any other whacky ones )

Open for any input (on topic)! -

points for all!!!

Dave

kiranghag

hi,
seems u have used double qoutes to delimit a string.
this is not allowed in ms-sql...double qoutes are used to name variable/columns which include space.
to enclose a string, u need to use single qoute

i tried following command and it worked
insert into tblMyTable ( myField ) values ( '|' )

chr(124) refers to the ascii value of the character and that you can use anytime to refer any other character, not limited to special character

if u need to insert a single qoute itself, u need to insert two of them after each other...
e.g. '''' = a single qoute

flavo

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opps.. Yeah i know that.

the SQL bit refers to MS Access general garden variety of SQL.. sorry for the mis-understanding.

What im really after is what else to i have to convert to Chr(int)???

I can do " and '

You could cay i kinda know how to use access, and i am well aware of such issues... (see profile)

flavo

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>> insert into tblMyTable ( myField ) values ( '|' )

Didn't seem to in Access 97

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flavo

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good enough for me!