STRING_ESCAPE

Description

Escapes special characters in texts and returns text with escaped characters. (STRING_ESCAPE in Transact-SQL).

Sample Source Pattern

Syntax

STRING_ESCAPE( text, type )

Arguments

text: Text to escape characters.

type: Format type to escape characters. Currently, JSON is the only format supported.

Return Type

VARCHAR.

Examples

Query

SELECT STRING_ESCAPE('\   /  \\    "     ', 'json') AS [ESCAPE];  

Result