Michael Brusser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> But when I doubled the number of backslashes:
>   SELECT smth. FROM  tbl WHERE situation LIKE '%\\\\%';
> - it actually worked fine.

Backslash is special to both the string-literal parser and the LIKE code.
So when you write the above, the pattern value that arrives at the LIKE
processor has one less level of backslashing:
        %\\%
and the LIKE processor interprets this as percent, a literal backslash,
and another percent.

                        regards, tom lane

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