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set @Gender=case when @Gender='' then '' else ' and c.Customer_gender like '''+@Gender+'''' end in this what is the meaning of '''+@gender+'''

Posted 19-Feb-15 19:53pm

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Wendelius · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-19T20:03:00

It looks like someone creates a SQL condition on-the-fly and the idea is that the final sql statement will contain a condition like the

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...  AND c.Customer LIKE 'VariableValueGoesHere' ...

The two apostrophes will translate to a single apostrophe and the third ones stops/starts the string literal.