>So the mySQL statement says "find an ampersand that has a space on either >side"?
Well say you wanted to search for the actual string "%20" in your database. then the code would be: opportunity.title LIKE '#firstsearchword#' + '\%20' + '#secondsearchword#' escape '\' > ><!----------------//------ >andy matthews >web developer >ICGLink, Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >615.370.1530 x737 >--------------//---------> > >-----Original Message----- >From: Protoculture [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 8:26 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: searching for a '%' in an sql like statement... > > >Here it is... for anyone else following this thread.. > >SQL - Predicates Escaping Characters > >Say you want to find a percent character(%) in your database, or all rows >associated with one. SQL Server and Oracle, require an additional statement >over MySQL. With Oracle and SQL Server, you must specify the character used >to escape. Here's code example. >SQL Code: >Oracle/SQL Server >SELECT * FROM employees WHERE Lastname LIKE '%\%%' ESCAPE '\'; >MySQL >SELECT * FROM employees WHERE Lastname LIKE '%\%%' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:224292 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
