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.