Why not just use merge...? Put "John" into tVal Put merge("SELECT * FROM foo WHERE(bar LIKE %[[tVal]])") into pSQL OR put merge("SELECT * FROM foo WHERE(bar LIKE %[[tVal]]%)") into pSQL
I do this for all of my queries and it works fine. Paul > On Jul 29, 2015, at 9:45 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > > If I was guessing, my hunch would be that including the single-quotes is > going to make the db look for strings containing %:1%, instead of using the > wildcards and the parameter. > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> > wrote: > >> Nope. That doesn't work, Bob. That returns nothing. >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 7:23 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobsnei...@iotecdigital.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Should be LIKE ‘:1’ or for wild cards LIKE ‘%:1%’. >>> >>> If you are searching for a value at the beginning, LIKE ‘:1%’ or at the >>> end, LIKE ‘%:1’ >>> >>> If searching for all, column LIKE ‘%:1%’ OR column LIKE ‘:1%’ OR column >>> LIKE ‘%:1’ >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Bob S >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 28, 2015, at 08:16 , Mike Kerner <mikeker...@roadrunner.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Has anybody built any queries that use both parameters and wildcards, >>> e.g. >>>> in a LIKE statement? >>>> >>>> SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bar LIKE %:1% >>>> >>>> I've tried the above (error), I've tried '%':1'%' (error), and I've >>> tried >>>> appending the % to the container I'm passing as my :1 (doesn't work). >>>> >>>> I really don't want to do this the unsafe way. >>>> -- >>>> On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth >>>> On the second day, God created the oceans. >>>> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, >>>> and did a little diving. >>>> And God said, "This is good." >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth >> On the second day, God created the oceans. >> On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, >> and did a little diving. >> And God said, "This is good." >> > > > > -- > On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth > On the second day, God created the oceans. > On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, > and did a little diving. > And God said, "This is good." > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode