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# Reserved Characters

The single quote (’) and backslash (\\) characters are reserved in SOQL queries and must be preceded by a backslash to be properly interpreted.

Reserved characters, if specified in a `SELECT` clause as a literal string (between single quotes), must be escaped (preceded by the backslash \\ character) to be properly interpreted. An error occurs if you do not precede reserved characters with a backslash.

The following characters are reserved:

```soql
' (single quote)
\ (backslash)
```

For example, use the following SELECT statement to query the `Account.Name` field for “Bob's BBQ”:

<!-- otherprops: soql -->

```codesegment
SELECT Id
FROM Account
WHERE Name = 'Bob\'s BBQ'
```