How to enclose a list of values into single quotes for SQL query? Microsoft Excel Example

To enclose a list of values in single quotes for an SQL query, you can use Excel formulas to generate the desired format. Here's an example using Microsoft Excel:

Suppose you have a list of values in cells A1 to A5: "value1", "value2", "value3", "value4", and "value5".

In cell B1, you can enter the following formula to enclose each value in single quotes and separate them with commas:

="'" & A1 & "'" & ", "

Drag the formula down from B1 to B5 to apply it to the entire range. This will generate the values in the desired format: "'value1', 'value2', 'value3', 'value4', 'value5', ".

In cell C1, you can enter the following formula to concatenate the values from column B into a single cell:

=TEXTJOIN("", TRUE, B1:B5)

This formula will concatenate all the values from B1 to B5 without any delimiter, resulting in the following value: "'value1', 'value2', 'value3', 'value4', 'value5'".

You can then copy the value from cell C1 and use it in your SQL query as a list of enclosed values.

Note that these formulas assume you are using Excel's standard quotation marks (") for cell references. If your Excel version requires a different character for referencing cells, make sure to adjust the formulas accordingly.