HTML_ENCODE Function [HTTP]

Encodes special characters within strings to be inserted into HTML documents.

Syntax

HTML_ENCODE ( string )

Note: CIS functional compensation performance considerations apply.

The HTML_ENCODE function is a SQL Anywhere function. See SQL Anywhere Server - SQL Reference > SQL functions > Functions > HTML_ENCODE function [HTTP].

Returns

LONG VARCHAR

Note: The result data type is a LONG VARCHAR. If you use HTML_ENCODE in a SELECT INTO statement, you must have an Unstructured Data Analytics Option license or use CAST and set HTML_ENCODE to the correct data type and size.