Quoted String

A quoted string is a string literal between quotation marks. Use this segment whenever you see a reference to a quoted string in a syntax diagram.

Syntax

Quoted String:
 
|--+-'--+-------------------+--'--------+-----------------------|
   |    | .---------------. |           |
   |    | V               | |           |
   |    '---+-character-+-+-'           |
   |        '-''--------'               |
   |  (1)                               |
   '--------"--+-------------------+--"-'
               | .---------------. |
               | V               | |
               '---+-character-+-+-'
                   '-""--------'

Notes:

Informix extension

Element	Description	Restrictions	Syntax
character	Code set element within quoted string	Cannot enclose between double quotes if the DELIMIDENT environment variable is set	Literal value from the keyboard

Usage

Use quoted strings to specify string literals in data-manipulation statements and other SQL statements. For example, you can use a quoted string in an INSERT statement to insert a value into a column of a character data type.