escaping single quotes

[Ace Suares]

dear list,

I have the following situation:

1. a column in my shapefile (.dbf) that is called GEMNAAM
2. 482 gemeentes (counties), 3 of them starting with an ' (an apostroph or 
single quote).
3. a filter that looks like '[GEMNAAM]'='$gemnaam'
where $gemnaam iterates over (some of) the 482 gemeentes

The problem seems to be that the single quote in the $gemnaam is not being 
escaped, and I have no idea how to escape it.

Is there an escape mechanism for single quotes ?

I tried double quotes i.e. '[GEMNAAM]'="$gemnaam" but apparently to no 
avail.

Much obliged for any hint. (However, that won't bring back the past 4 
hours of my life).

_ace



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