On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 9:12 AM Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> is there any way to *directly* embed v_ssn in another string?
>
No
As expected, this fails:
postgres=# SELECT * FROM employee WHERE ssn LIKE :'%v_ssn%';
> ERROR: syntax error at or near ":"
> LINE 1: SELECT * FROM employee WHERE ssn LIKE :'%v_ssn%';
>
>
Two options:
format('%%%s%%', :'v_ssn')
'%' || :'v_ssn' || '%'
David J.