Re: select strings with '_' in it

Tanel Poder wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I think translate is overkill here.
>
> Use:
>
> select col from tab where col like 'v\_lan' escape '\';

vs

 >     Select col1 from table
 >     where translate(col1,'_','#') like 'v#lan%'
 >     /

Not only is the escape method cleaner, it's much more efficient. Unless you have an index on translate(col1,'_','#') (unlikely), that query will always result in a sequential scan. Ugh.

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