QUOTENAME (Transact-SQL)
Returns a Unicode string with the delimiters added to make the input string a valid Microsoft SQL Server delimited identifier.
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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.