Re: how to search apostrophes in sql

2008-03-25 Thread Phil
You need to escape the apostrophe first so select count(*) from table where field like '%\'%' On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Saravanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi lists, > > I want to count the number of rows containing "'" aphostrophe in a > particular field. I tried with > > select coun

how to search apostrophes in sql

2008-03-25 Thread Saravanan
hi lists, I want to count the number of rows containing "'" aphostrophe in a particular field. I tried with select count(*) from table where field like "%'%" i get only 0 counts. but I am sure that exists in many rows. how to query them Saravanan ___