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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: LIKE operator and string comparison
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In response to LIKE operator and string comparison  (Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>)
Responses Re: LIKE operator and string comparison  (Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>)
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Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com> writes:
> But if I choose to use string comparison, instead of 4 escape characters, I 
> only need 2.

> Why is that?

Backslash is an escape character for LIKE.
        regards, tom lane

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