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Re: select strings with '_' in it

From: Tanel Poder <tanel.poder.003_at_mail.ee>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:19:23 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005CB9A5.20030819161923@fatcity.com>


RE: select strings with '_' in itHi!

I think translate is overkill here.

Use:

select col from tab where col like 'v\_lan' escape '\';

Tanel.

  Remember, '_' matches any 1 character, so change what you're looking for.   Try:
  Select col1 from table
  where translate(col1,'_','#') like 'v#lan%'   /

  Regards,
  Alan Martin
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  Battle Creek, MI

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Benny Pei [mailto:bplegend_at_yahoo.com]   Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 6:19 PM   To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L   Subject: select strings with '_' in it

  Hello,

  I have this data 'v_lan' and also 'vclan'. I would   like to select 'v_lan' but not 'vclan'. Is it possible   to do that?

  I tried
  set escape on
  select col1 from table where col1 like 'v\_lan'   /

  but it doesn't work.

  thank you,

  benny



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