Oops! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Yudie") was seen spray-painting on a wall:
> How in plpgsql use LIKE with a variable?
>
> let say I want to do this query:
> SELECT INTO RS id FROM customer WHERE firstname LIKE keyword% LIMIT 1;
>
> keyword is a variable, in this case I want to find name like 'Jo%'
>
Try:
SELECT INTO RS ID FROM CUSTOMER WHERE FIRSTNAME LIKE KEYWORD || ''%'' LIMIT
1;
You append KEYWORD and a '%' together using ||. You need to use
doubled quotes inside the quoted environment; one gets stripped off so
that the stored procedure will contain the query
SELECT INTO RS ID FRO
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 05:53:43PM -0600, Yudie wrote:
> How in plpgsql use LIKE with a variable?
>
> let say I want to do this query:
>
> SELECT INTO RS id FROM customer WHERE firstname LIKE keyword% LIMIT 1;
>
> keyword is a variable, in this case I want to find name like 'Jo%'
Use the
How in plpgsql use LIKE with a
variable?
let say I want to do this query:
SELECT
INTO RS id FROM customer WHERE firstname LIKE keyword% LIMIT
1;
keyword is a variable, in this case I want to find
name like 'Jo%'
Full functio
