On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:50:27 +0100
Oluwatope Akinniyi <topeakinn...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> This
> SELECT 1 WHERE '95b5a221aeba15c' IN (E'\'' ||
> replace('95b5a221aeba15c+fb4e7219ab898ce+b08586cb81059f9','+',''',''')
> || E'\'') returns no row while
>
> SELECT 1 WHERE '95b5a221aeba15c' IN
> ('95b5a221aeba15c','fb4e7219ab898ce','b08586cb81059f9') returns a
> row.
>
> What is the difference between E'\'' ||
> replace('95b5a221aeba15c+fb4e7219ab898ce+b08586cb81059f9','+',''',''')
> || E'\'' and '95b5a221aeba15c','fb4e7219ab898ce','b08586cb81059f9'?
You assume that the statement is interpreted twice.
The first is comparing your needle with an array/recordset of just
one element
"'95b5a221aeba15c','fb4e7219ab898ce','b08586cb81059f9'"
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