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To: Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: LIKE operator and string comparison 
In-reply-to: <415202B6.7060903@kencast.com> 
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Comments: In-reply-to Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>
	message dated "Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:54:46 -0400"
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:09:44 -0400
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com> writes:
> But if I choose to use string comparison, instead of 4 escape characters, I 
> only need 2.

> Why is that?

Backslash is an escape character for LIKE.

			regards, tom lane