Re: Escape wildcard problems.

From: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Escape wildcard problems.
Date: 2008-10-24 15:58:25
Message-ID: 200810240858.25492@hal.medialogik.com
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On Friday 24 October 2008, "Gauthier, Dave" <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com> wrote:
> I read in the docs (section 9.7.1) that the backslash... \ ... is the
> default escape char to use in "like" expressions. Yet when I try it, it
> doesn't seem to work the ay I expect. Here's an example...
>
> select name from templates where name like '%\_cont\_%';
>

Use double \\ for underscores. I don't know why it's necessary, but it works
here.

--
Alan

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