How to fix this formula - auto-populate " instead of ' - google-sheets

I am trying to build an auto-populating string to search my database without getting an error message. I am stumped as to how to make " auto-populate as opposed to '.
I have pulled parts of strings from different places online to create this one (as this is way more complicated than what I have ever written) and as a result, I am struggling to edit the part I need.
="'" & join("' OR '",indirect("A2:A"&text(rows(A:A)-countblank(A:A),"0")), "'")
Actual: 'Football' OR 'football'
Intended: "Football" OR "football"

try it like this:
=""""&TEXTJOIN(""" OR """, 1, A2:A)&""""

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Try to use query to vlookup and filter a set of raw data

I try to run this query:
=Query({'raw_13-19'!A:G},"Select * where C ={'Keyword'!G2:G19}", 1)
But it keeps returning:
Unable to parse query string for Function QUERY parameter 2: PARSE_ERROR: Encountered " <ID> "C "" at line 1, column 16. Was expecting one of: "(" ... "(" ...
I'm not quite sure why is this happening. Can anyone help?
Since the range is within {}, you need to use the other select notation 'Col1,Col2,Col3' instead of 'A,B,C'.
Also {'Keyword'!G2:G19} won't work, but you should use textjoin() instead.
Try:
=Query({'raw_13-19'!A:G},"Select * where Col3 matches '"&textjoin("|",1,Keyword!G2:G19)&"' ", 0)
If you have a header column on raw_13-19, then change , 0 at the end to , 1.
NOTE: the above will work with text fields, but if you have any issues, please share a mockup sheet so we can see the actual data scenario.

GSheets - How to query a partial string

I am currently using this formula to get all the data from everyone whose first name is "Peter", but my problem is that if someone is called "Simon Peter" this data is gonna show up on the formula output.
=QUERY('Data'!1:1000,"select * where B contains 'Peter'")
I know that for the other formulas if I add an * to the String this issue is resolved. But in this situation for the QUERY formula the same logic do not applies.
Do someone knows the correct syntax or a workaround?
How about classic SQL syntax
=QUERY('Data'!1:1000,"select * where B like 'Peter %'")
The LIKE keyword allows use of wildcard % to represent characters relative to the known parts of the searched string.
See the query reference: developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/querylanguage You could split firstname and lastname into separate columns, then only search for firstnames exactly equal to 'Peter'. Though you may want to also check if lowercase/uppercase where lower(B) contains 'peter' or whitespaces are present in unexpected places (e.g., trim()). You could also search only for values that start with Peter by using starts with instead of contains, or a regular expression using matches. – Brian D
It seems that for my case using 'starts with' is a perfect fit. Thank you!

Joining more than two WHERE statements in Query Language

So I am trying to use a simple QUERY function in Google Sheets where I want to select based on TWO parameters. Simple logic, and documentation says use the AND operator. The problem is I am searching for text via Cell Reference.
So here is my function
=QUERY(A1:D6,"select A where C='" &K1&'"" & "and D='" &K2"'")
Unfortunately it throws up an ERROR. I understand that Cell References that are text based need to be in single quotes (which themselves need to be in double quotes), but I am unable to join two WHERE statements.
What is the right syntax for this?
Very close indeed, please try:
=query(A1:D6,"select A where C='"&K1&"' and D='"&K2&"' ")
Welp! I was missing an concatenation symbol (&) at the end of the final cell reference K2.
=QUERY(A1:D6,"select A where C='" &K1&'"" & "and D='" &K2&"'")

how do i limit the searchbynamelike property in grails

so here is my question what i want to do is that searchbynamelike property should give the exact result
as my string is "Hello"
so the findByNameLike("%Hello%")
it will all the result even if h is here or e or l and so on
but what i want is that if i have full hello then only it should give result
the reason being is i have hello in various places in a db table so when someone search for hello it should return all results where hello is found, but not when even if "h" is searched..
how can i achieve this in grails ...help..!!!
In your case, don't use %...% sign in string. It'll give you all results matching anywhere hello is found in your string.
use: findByNameIlike("Hello")
I have done similar search by using Criteria Query .
Just use nodes like eq or like according to your need.

Concatenating two fields in a collect

Rails 2.3.5
I'm not having any luck searching for an answer on this. I know I could just write out a manual sql statement with a concat in it, but I thought I'd ask:
To load a select, I'm running a query of shift records. I'm trying to make the value in the select be shift date followed by a space and then the shift name. I can't figure out the syntax for doing a concat of two fields in a collect. The Ruby docs make it looks like plus signs and double quotes should work in a collect but everything I try gets a "expected numeric" error from Rails.
#shift_list = [a find query].collect{|s| [s.shift_date + " " + s.shift_name, s.id]}
Thanks for any help - much appreciated.
Hard to say without knowing what s is going to be or what type s.shift_date and s.shift_name are but maybe you're looking for this:
collect{|s| ["#{s.shift_date} #{s.shift_name}", s.id]}
That is pretty much the same as:
collect{|s| [s.shift_date.to_s + ' ' + s.shift_name.to_s, s.id]}
but less noisy.

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