On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 9:12 AM Ron <ronljohnsonjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
is there any way to directly embed v_ssn in another string?
No
As expected, this fails:
postgres=# SELECT * FROM employee WHERE ssn LIKE :'%v_ssn%';
ERROR: syntax error at or near ":"
LINE 1: SELECT * FROM employee WHERE ssn LIKE :'%v_ssn%';
Two options:
format('%%%s%%', :'v_ssn')
'%' || :'v_ssn' || '%'
David J.
