RE: How to suppress special characters in query

I tried the google and don't want to use the set option and the escape sequence specified in article is not working (I am not sure if it works for &). Following is the output from sqlplus:  

SQL> select * from tab1

  2 where col1 like 'A \& b%' ESCAPE '\';

Enter value for b:  

It works as an set option but not in the query and I was looking for something to work in the query without the set option:

SQL> set ESCAPE '\'

SQL> select * from t_account_mapper

  2 where nm_login like 'A \& b%';  

no rows selected  

From: Carel-Jan Engel [mailto:cjpengel.dbalert_at_xs4all.nl] Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 4:15 PM
To: Harvinder Singh
Cc: oracle-l
Subject: Re: How to suppress special characters in query  

Entering
'oracle SQL special character'

In the google search box led me to:
http://orafaq.com/faq/how_does_one_escape_special_characters_when_writin g_sql_queries

(2nd hit)

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On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 16:02 -0500, Harvinder Singh wrote:  

Hi,  

We have a query like following that includes the & symbol and since this is a special character so Oracle prompts for the input. Is there any way to suppress this special character in a query without using the set define off option at sqlplus session?  

Select * from tab1 where col1 like = 'A & B'  

Thanks
--Harvinder
 

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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Mon Feb 05 2007 - 15:23:49 CST