Exception: Syntax error when trying to Escape the apostrophe

[#1]

Hi,

I am getting the below error when trying to escape the apostrophe character in HUE Impala.

select * from hi_problem_view
where
state like 'Won''t fix'

won't fix is a value that I am trying to filter by for records.  

Error:

AnalysisException: Syntax error in line 3:undefined: state like 'Won''t fix' ^ Encountered: STRING LITERAL Expected: AND, BETWEEN, DIV, GROUP, HAVING, ILIKE, IN, IREGEXP, IS, LIKE, LIMIT, NOT, OFFSET, OR, ORDER, REGEXP, RLIKE, UNION CAUSED BY: Exception: Syntax error

[#2 · Accepted solution]

I'd suggest you use a backslash to escape special characters. Please try this query:

select * from hi_problem_view 
where 
state like 'Won\'t fix'

[#3]

Thanks! That worked