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RE: like %

Alan,

You have to use the escape clause with the like. For example, 

ITEM_DESC LIKE 'FIRST/%SECOND%' ESCAPE '/'

will find the description starting 'FIRST%SECOND'

HTH

-Moe
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Kevin R Mohondro                kmohondro@salepoint.com
Software Engineer                         (858)373-2012                
SalePoint Corporate Retail Solutions      San Diego, CA


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Novick [mailto:mida@pressmantoy.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 1:25 PM
To: MidRange-L
Subject: like %


How do I select rows in SQL where a column contains the percent sign?
 
Thanks,
 
Alan Novick
Pressman Toy Corporation
New Brunswick, NJ

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