Apostrophes in text fields

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I run into an error whenever someone types any words containing apostrophes in a free form text field. Thisis very easy for the average person to do without thinking. Am wondering if there is anything I can do to allow people to add apostrophes to contracted words?

The 31 and Fred Jones are other fields it's trying to post

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e14'

Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression ''can't shouldn't haven't', '31', 'Jones', 'Fred')'.
 
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I run into an error whenever someone types any words containing apostrophes in a free form text
field. Thisis very easy for the average person to do without thinking. Am wondering if there is
anything I can do to allow people to add apostrophes to contracted words?

The 31 and Fred Jones are other fields it's trying to post

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e14'

Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression ''can't shouldn't haven't', '31', 'Jones',
'Fred')'.
 
Hi Ed,

You need to double up the apostrophes, eg
<%
s = "you can't do this"
s = replace(s, "'", "''")
%>

For clarity thats double quote-single quote-double quote, double quote-single quote-single quote-double quote

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I run into an error whenever someone types any words containing apostrophes in a free form text field. Thisis very easy for the average person to do without thinking. Am wondering if there is anything I can do to allow people to add apostrophes to contracted words?

The 31 and Fred Jones are other fields it's trying to post

Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80040e14'

Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression ''can't shouldn't haven't', '31', 'Jones', 'Fred')'.
 
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