> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pgsql-general- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Chambers > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 4:17 PM > To: pgsql > Subject: Weird "LIKE" behaviour > > Below are two queries that should be pretty much the same but with the > first one, I'm trying to boil it down to a minimal test-case so I don't have to > export the table definition of dcm.providers. The first one returns nothing > but at least executes the query. > > => create table foo ( foo text ); > => select * from foo where foo like 'FOO%\' > > The second one fails to execute the query... > > => select * from dcm.providers where lname like 'FOO%\' > ERROR: LIKE pattern must not end with escape character > > Our server is 9.1.4 and can reproduce this behaviour with either 8.4 or 9.1 > clients. > The only part of the table "dcm.providers" that should matter is the data type of the "lname" column - which you have not provided. David J. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
