How do I escape single quotes/apostraphes in a Beast Mode?

Suppose I have Beast Mode the following syntax:
CASE
WHEN `lastName` = 'O'Sullivan'
THEN ...
The apostrophe in O'Sullivan breaks the Beast Mode. Is there a way to escape the character?
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Standard mySQL syntax does not work here, so I would be curious to know if there's a solution to this, also.
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I tried a couple mySQL syntax with no luck. The only thing that I found was to do a LIKE operator.
CASE WHEN LASTNAME LIKE 'O%' AND LASTNAME LIKE '%Sullivan' THEN ...
The statement above just states that the last name must start with O and end with Sullivan.
Hope this helps
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@brianfriedman I have submitted an bug ticket with development for this and requested a way to escape charicters in Beast Modes. I will update you on it's progress when I know more.
Ticket # 00474129
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I hit this same issue.
Until the fixed gets pushed out, a possible work-around is
CASE WHEN LASTNAME LIKE 'O_Sullivan' THEN ...
The "_" is a wildcard for a single character only. This will fail if a character other than an apostrophe could be between the "O" and "S", but will probably work for most specifica cases.
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To escape a single-quote in a Beast Mode equals "=" operation, use 2 single quotes instead of 1. For example:
CASE
WHEN `lastName` = 'O''Sullivan'
THEN ...Starlord
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Can someone suggest a solution? Thank you.
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Hello user08600, please see my previous response. Two apostrophes in a row represents an escaped apostrophe. For example, 'O''Sullivan' is valid for specifying the name O'Sullivan with an escape on the apostrophe.
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Try using single quotes 2 times:
INSTR(`column name`,'DOMO''s')
Then should help.
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Hi There
after 5 years this doesn't seem to be resolve. Even escaping:
CASE WHEN `Metric` = 'Don\'t Use' THEN ....
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@user10221 Is there any additional context you can provide? There are a number of solutions listed in this post that have been successful for most users. Can you provide an example of the issue you are running in to?
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