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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Escaping underscores in LIKE
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Msg-id 25676.984065528@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Escaping underscores in LIKE  (dev@archonet.com)
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dev@archonet.com writes:
> Am I doing something stupid trying to escape an underscore in LIKE?

You need more backslashes.  Don't forget the string-literal parser eats
one level of backslashes, before LIKE ever gets to see the pattern.

            regards, tom lane

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