How to escape apostrophe (') in MySql?

Question

The MySQL documentation says that it should be \\\'. However, both scite and mysql shows that \'\' works. I saw that and it works. What should I d

Answer 1

Here's an example:

SELECT * FROM pubs WHERE name LIKE "%John's%"

Just use double quotes to enclose the single quote.

If you insist in using single quotes (and the need to escape the character):

SELECT * FROM pubs WHERE name LIKE '%John\'s%'