On 1/13/23 11:13, David G. Johnston wrote:
On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 9:12 AM Ron <ronljohnso...@gmail.com> wrote:is there any way to *directly* embed v_ssn in another string? No As expected, this fails: postgres=# SELECT * FROM employee WHERE ssn LIKE :'%v_ssn%'; ERROR: syntax error at or near ":" LINE 1: SELECT * FROM employee WHERE ssn LIKE :'%v_ssn%'; Two options: format('%%%s%%', :'v_ssn')
This one looks clean, and works perfectly:
'%' || :'v_ssn' || '%'
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