On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Justin Graf <jus...@magwerks.com> wrote: > On 7/28/2010 12:35 PM, Wes James wrote: >> I'm trying to do this: >> >> select * from table where field::text ilike '%\_%'; >> >> but it doesn't work. >> >> How do you escape the _ and $ chars? >> >> The docs say to use \, but that isn't working. >> >> ( http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/functions-matching.html ) >> >> The text between '%...%' can be longer, I'm just trying to figure out >> how to escape some things. I've found that ' works with '' and \ >> works with \\ >> > > Instead of escaping how about looking at double $ quoting.
I tried this, but it just returns a count for all the records: select count(*) from table where field::text ilike '%' || $$_$$ || '%'; .... ilike '%$$_$$%' returns a count of 0 So does $$a$$ and I know there is some text in the field with an "a". -wes -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
