# Escape an Apostrophe Correctly in a Merge Field

Escaping special characters in a merge field is important. Apostrophes are one of the most common special characters to be pulled in to a merge field. If you have a field that may pull in an apostrophe, the non-escaped apostrophe will break the merge field. In order to escape an apostrophe, you must add the following to the merge field:

{% hint style="info" %}
`replaceAll="',\\'"`
{% endhint %}

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{% code title="SOQL example" %}

```sql
SELECT Id FROM redwing__Achievement_Assignment__c
WHERE (redwing__Achievement_Assignment__c.achievement_type__c = 'Certifications' 
OR Achievement_Type__c = 'CEU') 
and redwing__Achievement_Assignment__c.redwing__status__c = 'Acquired' 
and ILT_Class__r.name = '{{!redwing__Achievement_Assignment__c.ILT_Class__r.name replaceAll="',\\'"}}'
 AND ID = '{{!ObjectID15}}'
```

{% endcode %}


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