how to search for % string in your query?

• satish

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  June 11, 2004 at 7:32 am

  #161605

  guys,

    using select statement how can i search for a field that contains the '%' string? It gives me an error since the search parameter itself is % used in the like statement.

   

  thanks

   

  - Satish

• Tal Mcmahon

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  June 11, 2004 at 7:35 am

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  From BOL under escape Characters

  You can search for wildcard characters. There are two methods for specifying a character that would ordinarily be a wildcard:

  • Use the ESCAPE keyword to define an escape character. When the escape character is placed in front of the wildcard in the pattern, the wildcard is interpreted as a character. For example, to search for the string 5% anywhere in a string, use:

    WHERE ColumnA LIKE '%5/%%' ESCAPE '/'

    In this LIKE clause, the leading and ending percent signs (%) are interpreted as wildcards, and the percent sign preceded by a slash (/) is interpreted as the % character.

  • Use square brackets ([ ]) to enclose the wildcard by itself. To search for a dash (-), rather than using it to specify a search range, use the dash as the first character inside a set of brackets:

    WHERE ColumnA LIKE '9[-]5'

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• satish

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  June 11, 2004 at 7:40 am

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  Thanks Tal. That worked like a charm !