Would you mind to create a jira issue on that ?

   Thanks,

     Thomas

On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Parthasarathy Thandavarayan wrote:

Hi all,

I have a question regarding the escapeText method in org.apache.torque.adapter.DBOracle 
class. Unlike the DBMSSQL, DBSybase class this method in DBOracle returns a false. 
However, oracle does require escape characters for interpreting certain special 
characters like "_" literally.

Below is a copy of the source code in DBOracle.
   /**
    * This method is for the SqlExpression.quoteAndEscape rules.  The rule is,
    * any string in a SqlExpression with a BACKSLASH will either be changed to
    * "\\" or left as "\".  SapDB does not need the escape character.
    *
    * @return false.
    */
   public boolean escapeText()
   {
       return false;
   }


The usecase I am trying out is one where a column in the table queried has values 'abc' and 
   'a_c'. I need to query the record that has the column value as 'a_c'. If I issue a query 
without escapecharacters (where <column> like 'a_%' ) both the rows are returned. I 
need to  provide a where clause with the condition as <column> like 'a\_%' to get the 
correct record (also need to add ESCAPE keyword to the query). However, because escapeText 
returns false, the criteria value gets built wrongly in the buildLike method of 
SQLExpression class.. (the method returns 'a\%'). If escapeText returns true this problem 
will be solved (ESCAPE keyword addition needs to be tackled also).

Thanks,
Sarathy

PS: information regarding escape characters in Oracle 
http://www.dba-oracle.com/tips_oracle_escape_characters.htm


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