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> How in plpgsql use LIKE with a variable?
>
> let say I want to do this query:
> SELECT INTO RS id FROM customer WHERE firstname LIKE keyword% LIMIT 1;
>
> keyword is a variable, in this case I want to find name like 'Jo%'
>
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION custlike(text) RETURNS INT4 AS'
> DECLARE
> keyword ALIAS FOR $1;
> RS RECORD;
> BEGIN
> SELECT INTO RS id FROM customer WHERE firstname like keyword% LIMIT 1;
> IF FOUND THEN
> RETURN RS.id;
> ELSE
> RETURN NULL;
> END IF;
> END'
> LANGUAGE 'PLPGSQL';
Try: SELECT INTO RS ID FROM CUSTOMER WHERE FIRSTNAME LIKE KEYWORD || ''%'' LIMIT 1;
You append KEYWORD and a '%' together using ||. You need to use
doubled quotes inside the quoted environment; one gets stripped off so
that the stored procedure will wind up containing the query:
SELECT INTO RS ID FROM CUSTOMER WHERE FIRSTNAME LIKE KEYWORD || '%' LIMIT 1;
--
let name="cbbrowne" and tld="gmail.com" in name ^ "@" ^ tld;;
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