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To include quote characters within a string

A ' inside a string quoted with ' may be written as ''.


mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE employee (
    ->      name CHAR(30) NOT NULL
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)

mysql>
mysql> INSERT INTO employee (name) VALUES ('''A');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.03 sec)

mysql>
mysql> SELECT * FROM employee;
+------+
| name |
+------+
| 'A   |
+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> drop table employee;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>