Re: plpgsql.. SELECT INTO ... WHERE FIELD LIKE - Mailing list pgsql-sql

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 contain the query
  SELECT INTO RS ID FROM CUSTOMER WHERE FIRSTNAME LIKE KEYWORD || '%'' LIMIT 1;
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let name="cbbrowne" and tld="gmail.com" in name ^ "@" ^ tld;;
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