---
title: Quotation
description: >
  Single quotation marks (`'`) are used in the string literal syntax.
  Double quotation marks (`"`) are used to quote identifiers.
menu:
  influxdb3_enterprise:
    name: Quotation
    identifier: influxql-quotation
    parent: influxql-reference
weight: 214
list_code_example: |
  ```sql
  -- String literal
  'I am a string'

  -- Quoted identifier
  "this-is-an-identifier"
  ```

source: /shared/influxql-v3-reference/quoting.md
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