You have made a wrong mistake in your SQL quary..... Your quary should be look like this..... SELECT id FROM table1 WHERE message like '%VAC153-683-685-131830- /O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0022.060413T1742Z-060413T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 142 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING'; --- Nik <XLPizza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to compare a large string (that has new line characters > in > it) to the contents of the text field (which also has new line > characters in it) and it is not behaving as expected. > > For example I have the following record in the database: > id=83 > message=VAC153-683-685-131830- > /O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0022.060413T1742Z-060413T1830Z/ > BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED > SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC > 142 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006 > THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A > * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING > > If I do the following query > SELECT id FROM table1 WHERE message='VAC153-683-685-131830- > /O.NEW.KLWX.SV.W.0022.060413T1742Z-060413T1830Z/ > BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED > SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING > NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC > 142 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006 > THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A > * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING' > > I get no results back, even though the message is equivalent. How > should I perform this comparison so that the above query returns > id=83? > > Thanks. > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
