{"id":3393,"date":"2015-12-16T09:47:27","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T14:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academy.sqlbak.com\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2023-10-17T05:13:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:13:50","slug":"unclosed-quotation-mark-after-the-character-stringmsg-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academy.sqlbak.com\/unclosed-quotation-mark-after-the-character-stringmsg-105\/","title":{"rendered":"Unclosed quotation mark after the character string (Msg 105)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following\u00a0error &#8220;<em>Unclosed quotation mark after the character string&#8230;<\/em>&#8221; occurs\u00a0when you miss a quotation mark.<\/p>\n<p>When the single quote is used once, and to close the statement SQL Server is expecting another single quote. For some reason, a user can forget to do it. For example:<\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BACKUP DATABASE <\/span>Adventureworks <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TO DISK<\/span> =<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> 'diff.bak<\/span><\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this case, SQL Server will send the following error message:<\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Msg 105, Level 15, State 1, Line 1<\/span>\r\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Unclosed quotation mark after the character string 'diff.bak<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">'. \u00a0<\/span><\/pre>\n<p>Also, assume that the statement has been copied from an MS Word document or website to SSMS and the &#8220;<em>Unclosed quotation mark after the character string&#8230;&#8221; <\/em>error appears. This happened because a single quote in MS Word or website ( \u2018 ) is different from a single quote in SSMS ( &#8216; ).<\/p>\n<p>To fix this error just put another single quote at the beginning or at the end of the statement where it is needed:<\/p>\n<pre><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BACKUP DATABASE <\/span>Adventureworks <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TO DISK<\/span> =<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> 'diff.bak'\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following\u00a0error &#8220;Unclosed quotation mark after the character string&#8230;&#8221; occurs\u00a0when you miss a quotation mark. When the single quote is used once, and to close the statement SQL Server is expecting another single quote. For some reason, a user can forget to do it. 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