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Dhanushkodi
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Posted - 2013-04-30 : 06:48:00
I have written the query with like

select type from table where type1 like '%sd%'

my data have "%" symbol. so how can i write the query to search the data.

if i write the query like this

select type from table where type1 like '%%%'

it wont working. it bring all the records. so help me out. thanks

visakh16
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Posted - 2013-04-30 : 07:00:47
do you mean this?
select type from table where type1 like '%^%sd%' ESCAPE '^'


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Posted - 2013-04-30 : 07:01:31
http://visakhm.blogspot.in/2013/01/wildcard-character-based-pattern-search.html

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Dhanushkodi
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Posted - 2013-05-03 : 02:29:20
thank you visakh16. Now my query is working.

whats my doubt is, i have the following data in my table

FORM HE2. %

when i write the query as select * from wildChars where charss like '%^%%'. it's bring the following data

TEST!@#$%^&*
~!@#$%^&*

i have the data like "FORM HE2. %". it's not coming. it's contains "Space". please help me out to write the query.

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bandi
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Posted - 2013-05-03 : 02:42:55
select * from wildChars where charss like '%^%%' ESCAPE '^'
If you want only data which contains % (percentage) symbol, you can use
select * from @tab where col like '%[%]%'
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visakh16
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Posted - 2013-05-03 : 03:13:34
quote:
Originally posted by Dhanushkodi

thank you visakh16. Now my query is working.

whats my doubt is, i have the following data in my table

FORM HE2. %

when i write the query as select * from wildChars where charss like '%^%%'. it's bring the following data

TEST!@#$%^&*
~!@#$%^&*

i have the data like "FORM HE2. %". it's not coming. it's contains "Space". please help me out to write the query.




its because you didnt specify ^ as a escape character using ESCAPE

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Dhanushkodi
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Posted - 2013-05-03 : 03:37:47
thanks for your help. query is running perfectly. thanks a lot.
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visakh16
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Posted - 2013-05-03 : 04:16:55
welcome

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