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Hi,
I have an instance in a Power Query where I'm trying to read in a field that has an ampersand (&) in it. I can't get around this as this is how it's name in the data source. I've read many posts online and nothing seems to work.
select ...
,r.4oa_wheel_style_front
,r.0bx_wheel_type_drive
,r.02x_wheel_&_tire_diameter_drive
,r.01x_wheel_&_tire_diameter_front
from...
Is there any way around this?
Thanks!
Hi,
I got it working using the 'single quote' from the tilde key (upper left on the keyboard) as opposed to the single-quote, double-quote key. The #"" was not working.
Thanks for your response anyway.
This is SQL code. What does your Power Query code look like? Funny characters are escaped via #"", so for example
#"01x_wheel_&_tire_diameter_front"
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