UnquoteIdentifier

This method returns the correct unquoted form of the provided quoted identifier, removing any escape notation for quotes embedded in the identifier.

Declaration

// C#
public override string UnquoteIdentifier(string quotedIdentifier);

Parameters

quotedIdentifier

The quoted string identifier.

Return Value

The unquoted identifier, with escape notation for any embedded quotes removed.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException - The input parameter is null.

ArgumentException - The input parameter is empty.

Remarks

This method is independent of any OracleConnection or OracleCommand objects.

Example

// C#
 
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Common;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client;
 
class UnQuoteIdentifierSample
{
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    //create an OracleCommandBuilder object.
    OracleCommandBuilder builder = new OracleCommandBuilder();
 
    string identifier = "US\"ER";
    Console.WriteLine("Identifier is {0}", identifier);
 
    // quote the identifier
    string quoteIdentifier = builder.QuoteIdentifier(identifier);
 
    //quoteIdentifier of "US\"ER" is (\"US\"\"ER\")
    Console.WriteLine("QuotedIdentifier is {0}" , quoteIdentifier);
    string unquoteIdentifier = builder.UnquoteIdentifier(quoteIdentifier);
 
    //And its unquoteIdentifier is US\"ER
    Console.WriteLine("UnquotedIdentifier is {0}" , unquoteIdentifier);
  }
}