When QUOTE() function used with WHERE clause then the output depends upon the comparison values returned by WHERE clause. Following example will exhibit it −
Example
mysql> Select Name, ID, QUOTE(Subject)AS Subject from Student WHERE Subject = 'History'; +-------+------+-----------+ | Name | ID | Subject | +-------+------+-----------+ | Aarav | 2 | 'History' | +-------+------+-----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)