beyond our control at this point. Therefore, the best solution is to use ESCAPE E.>The correct way to escape a quote is to double quote it: 'Mr. M''vey'That is a matter of opinion. However, the real problem is the enclosed backslashes, which is
Why is this a best practice and not just "how things work"? If you want to use backlash escapes you use E''. If you don't use a backslash escape it doesn't matter - except if you are writing a backslash and don't want to have to escape it.
Beyond that turn your idea of best practice into a requirement and enable standard-conforming-strings.
David J.