This is the "LIKE predicate escape character". It's harmless, but google it if you wish.
https://github.com/web2py/pydal/blob/5a31738a28028392515b26d10a4a87df6a38d7a1/pydal/dialects/mssql.py#L163 FYI please also note: Driver / Unicode Support PyODBC works best with Microsoft ODBC drivers, particularly in the area of Unicode support on both Python 2 and Python 3. Using the FreeTDS ODBC drivers on Linux or OSX with PyODBC is *not* recommended; there have been historically many Unicode-related issues in this area, including before Microsoft offered ODBC drivers for Linux and OSX. Now that Microsoft offers drivers for all platforms, for PyODBC support these are recommended. FreeTDS remains relevant for non-ODBC drivers such as pymssql where it works very well. On Friday, 27 September 2019 22:30:03 UTC+1, Wei Wang wrote: > > I'm getting the error from a short pytest script: >> >> E pyodbc.ProgrammingError: ('42000', '[42000] [FreeTDS][SQL >>> Server]Heterogeneous queries require the ANSI_NULLS and ANSI_WARNINGS >>> options to be set for the connection. This ensures consistent query >>> semantics. Enable these options and then reissue your query. (7405) >>> (SQLExecDirectW)') >> >> >>> >>> >>> /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pydal/adapters/base.py:412: >>> ProgrammingError >> >> PyDAL shows the SQL command is: > command = "SELECT NacConnectionsView.eventdate, > NacConnectionsView.nacmacaddress, NacConnectionsView.nacswitch FROM > NacConnectionsView WHERE (NacConnectionsView.nacmacaddress LIKE '000000%' > ESCAPE '\\');" > > Where did that [ESCAPE '\\'] part came from? > > Thank you for any help! > > --Wei Wang > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/a18d07ff-041c-45f3-929c-45582954539f%40googlegroups.com.

