QUOTENAME (Transact-SQL)

Returns a Unicode string with the delimiters added to make the input string a valid Microsoft SQL Server delimited identifier.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

QUOTENAME ('character_string' [ ,'quote_character' ] )

Arguments

• 'character_string'
  Is a string of Unicode character data. character_string is sysname and is limited to 128 characters. Inputs greater than 128 characters return NULL.

• 'quote_character'
  Is a one-character string to use as the delimiter. Can be a single quotation mark ( ' ), a left or right bracket ( [] ), or a double quotation mark ( " ). If quote_character is not specified, brackets are used.

Return Types

nvarchar(258)

Examples

The following example takes the character string abc[]def and uses the [ and ] characters to create a valid SQL Server delimited identifier.

SELECT QUOTENAME('abc[]def')

Here is the result set.

[abc[]]def]

(1 row(s) affected)

Notice that the right bracket in the string abc[]def is doubled to indicate an escape character.

See Also

Reference

String Functions (Transact-SQL)