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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:09:10 +0000
From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
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To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
CC: "Campbell, Lance" <lance@uiuc.edu>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Like problem
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com> writes:
>> Campbell, Lance wrote:
>>> WARNING:  nonstandard use of escape in a string literal
>>> LINE 1: ...ct c1 from t1 where c1 like '%abc\_%';
> 
>> Either indicate you are using an escaped string: LIKE E'%abc\_%'
> 
> Actually that's wrong, what he'd need is LIKE E'%abc\\_%'
> (or omit the E and ignore the warning).

<sigh> need to switch to a better coffee...

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