Tokens enclosed in Single Quotation Marks

Contents are preserved as literal, with the following exceptions:

  • One backslash is ignored; two are treated as one.

  • Apostrophe must be escaped using one backslash (\').

Example: export database sample.basic data to data_file 'D:\\export.txt';

Result: Exports data to D:\export.txt.

Example: display user 'O'Brien';

Result: Error.

Example: display user 'O\'Brien';

Result: User O'Brien is displayed.