Re: using CASE, LIKE, and a variable

["Wes" <small_du@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can use locate function to find out where the first occurance of space
is...

'%'|| substr(SearchField,1, locate(' ', SearchField1, 1) -1) || '%'



"Reeve" <rfritchman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:9a389cfd0412240223564cf6f0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm using both CASE and LIKE on a regular basis but I can't figure out
> how to use LIKE with a variable as part of a CASE expression in a
> static SQL statement.
>
> If a user enters a keyword into the keyword field, I want to do a LIKE
> against a description field, something along the lines of this:
>
> Case When keyword > ' '  Then description like '%:keyword%' else null
>
> One problem is trimming the search token so SQL gets '%WIDGET%' and
> not '%WIDGET       %'.
>
> I can code around the situation but I have a feeling I'm missing
> something...or am I?
>
> Thanks,
> Reeve
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