# PreserveSingleQuotes()

Returns back string without letting the engine escape the single quotes. Used within CFQUERY blocks usually

```
PreserveSingleQuotes( string=string );
```

**Returns:** string

# Arguments

| Argument | Type | Required | Description | Default |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|---------|
| string | string | Yes | Variable that contains a string in which to preserve single-quotation marks. |  |

# Examples

```cfml
  name_for_query = "Mr. Frank O'Brian";
  dump(PreserveSingleQuotes(name_for_query));
```





