Re: Query with Parameters and Wildcards

On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 6:21 PM, landsharkdaddy
<ldodd(at)landsharksoftware(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I have a query that works on SQL Server to return customers that contain the
> string entered by the user by accepting parameters and using the LIKE
> keyword. I would like to move this to postgreSQL but I'm just not sure how
> to get it done. This is the query
>
> SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE FirstName LIKE @custfirst + '%';
>
> This works great on SQL Server but not on postgreSQL. Any help would be
> appreciated.

Have you tried:

SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE FirstName LIKE 'custfirst%';

What does the @ do in sql server?