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Delimiters with LIKE

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JRumage

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Is there any way to use an apostrophe inside the like statement?&nbsp;&nbsp;For instance I want to find people with the last name that starts with <b>O'Co</b> as in O'Connell.<br><br>Are there other delimiters that can be used to make SQL ignore the apostrophe without using the _ wildcard?<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
 
try this:<br>'O' + CHAR(ASCII code for ') + 'Connell'
 
Inclosing single quote in double quote should do the trick.<br><br>select &quot;O'Connnell&quot;<br><br>result is:<br>O'Connnell<br><br><br>
 
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