Re: Query with Parameters and Wildcards

On Apr 26, 2009, at 7:21 PM, landsharkdaddy wrote:

>
> I have a query that works on SQL Server to return customers that  
> contain the
> string entered by the user by accepting parameters and using the LIKE
> keyword. I would like to move this to postgreSQL but I'm just not  
> sure how
> to get it done. This is the query
>
> SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE FirstName LIKE @custfirst + '%';
>
> This works great on SQL Server but not on postgreSQL. Any help would  
> be
> appreciated.


Why didn't it work? Any error message), or no result?
Are you expecting case-insensitivity (try ILIKE)

        regards, Ries van Twisk


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