ORA-01756: quoted string is incorrectly terminated when I try to execute my code
I keep getting the following message every time I try to run this code in oracle. The code looks like this:
DROP TABLE movie;
CREATE TABLE movie (movie_id NUMBER(5) PRIMARY KEY,
title VARCHAR2(45) NOT NULL,
description VARCHAR2(250) NOT NULL,
released_by NUMBER(3) NOT NULL,
released_on DATE NOT NULL);
INSERT INTO movie (movie_id, title, description, released_by, released_on)VALUES ('1', 'Edge of Tomorrow', 'Lieutenant Colonel Bill Cage is a skilled tactician who has honed his abilities through his experiences as a soldier. However, there is still much he can learn, and soon he is going to get his chance.', '1', '07-OCT-2014');
INSERT INTO movie (movie_id, title, description, released_by, released_on)VALUES('2', 'Captain America: Winter Soldier', 'Steve Rogers is finding it difficult to adjust to living life in the contemporary world. He is working for S.H.I.E.L.D. and begins to suspect a mystery is brewing there.', '2', '09-SEP-2014');
INSERT INTO movie (movie_id, title, description, released_by, released_on)VALUES('3', 'Fed Up', 'America’s problem with obesity is caused by our inactivity. Or is it? Katie Couric and Stephanie Soechtig tempt us to restructure our beliefs about the American diet, through this thought-provoking expose.', '3', '09-SEP-2014');
INSERT INTO movie (movie_id, title, description, released_by, released_on)VALUES('4', 'Godzilla', 'The legendary tale of Godzilla comes roaring back to life. This time, it the modern era, and Godzilla is a giant lizard who has been made fearsome through the interference of radiation.', '1', '16-SEP-2014');
INSERT INTO movie (movie_id, title, description, released_by, released_on)VALUES('5', 'Neighbors', 'New parents Mac and Kelly settle into domesticity in a quiet neighborhood. The tranquility they have been afforded ceases to exist when a fraternity moves into the house next door.', '2', '14-SEP-2014');
COMMIT;
Below is what I get when I try to execute it in Oracle:
Table dropped.
Table created.
1 row created.
1 row created.
1 row created.
ERROR:
ORA-01756: quoted string not properly terminated
1 row created.
Commit complete.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank.
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Leave single quotes:
INSERT INTO movie (movie_id, title, description, released_by, released_on)VALUES('4', 'Godzilla', 'The legendary tale of Godzilla comes roaring back to life. This time, it' the modern era, and Godzilla is a giant lizard who has been made fearsome through the interference of radiation.', '1', '16-SEP-2014');
Pay attention to it''s
instead of it's
.
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Try Oracle's quoting mechanisms:
The mechanism is called with a simple "q" only in PL / SQL.
The syntax is q '[...]', where the characters "[" and "]" can be any of the following, if they do not already appear on the string.
•!
• []
• {}
• ()
• <>
Here, for example,
INSERT INTO movie (movie_id, title, description, released_by, released_on)
VALUES('4', 'Godzilla', q'[The legendary tale of Godzilla comes roaring back to
life. This time, it the modern era, and Godzilla is a giant lizard who has
been made fearsome through the interference of radiation.]', '1', '16-SEP-
2014');
It's always a headache to find all single quotes and replace it with an escape character.
See below for details: THIS
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