How do you escape double quotes inside a SQL fulltext 'contains' function?

Question

How do you escape a double quote character inside a MS SQL \'contains\' function?

SELECT decision
FROM table 
WHERE CONTAINS(decision, \'34\" AND wide\')
         


        

Answer 1

From documentation:

Punctuation is ignored. Therefore, CONTAINS(testing, "computer failure") matches a row with the value, "Where is my computer? Failure to find it would be expensive."

Since FULLTEXT does not even index the punctuation, you'll need to fine-filter your results using LIKE:

SELECT  decision
FROM    table 
WHERE   CONTAINS(decision, '34 AND wide')
        AND decision LIKE '%34"%'

This will preserve the benefits of fulltext.