Re: [SQL] Query with Parameters and Wildcards

2009-04-26 Thread landsharkdaddy
I have not tried that but I will in the morning. The @ in SQL is used to indicate a parameter passed to the query. In PostgreSQL it seems that the : is the same as the @ in SQL Server. I tried something like: SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE FirstName LIKE :custfirst + '%'; And it told me th

Re: [SQL] Query with Parameters and Wildcards

2009-04-26 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 6:21 PM, landsharkdaddy wrote: > > I have a query that works on SQL Server to return customers that contain the > string entered by the user by accepting parameters and using the LIKE > keyword. I would like to move this to postgreSQL but I'm just not sure how > to get it d

Re: [SQL] Query with Parameters and Wildcards

2009-04-26 Thread Ries van Twisk
On Apr 26, 2009, at 7:21 PM, landsharkdaddy wrote: I have a query that works on SQL Server to return customers that contain the string entered by the user by accepting parameters and using the LIKE keyword. I would like to move this to postgreSQL but I'm just not sure how to get it done.

[SQL] Query with Parameters and Wildcards

2009-04-26 Thread landsharkdaddy
I have a query that works on SQL Server to return customers that contain the string entered by the user by accepting parameters and using the LIKE keyword. I would like to move this to postgreSQL but I'm just not sure how to get it done. This is the query SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE FirstName