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DavidChel
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

474 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-23 : 16:21:27

I know the basics of using the Like operator and the use of the % sign. However, how does one search for a string that actually contains the literal % in it.

If I want to search for strings with actually start with "2%" and wanted to return records such as:

2% Fuel Charge
2% Off

But NOT
2 Dogs
2 Chickens

How would I do this?

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-23 : 16:25:48

Use square brackets. Check out LIKE in BOL for details.

Tara Kizer
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DavidChel
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

474 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-23 : 16:31:02

All hail the Goddess.

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-23 : 17:36:18

[code]
select
x
from
(
--Test Data
select x = '2%' union all
select x = '2% Fuel Charge' union all
select x = '2% Off' union all
select x = '2 Dogs' union all
select x = '2 Chickens'
) a
where
x like '2^%%' escape '^'

Results:
x
--------------
2%
2% Fuel Charge
2% Off

(3 row(s) affected)
[/code]

CODO ERGO SUM

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-24 : 02:35:38

or as Tara says

col like '2[%]%'

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

DavidChel
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

474 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-24 : 09:17:33

Thanks for the input folks.

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