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In EJB-QL chapter, it is mentioned that:

"aword.underscored LIKE '\_%' ESCAPE '\'" means the following:

"TRUE for '_foo', FALSE for 'bar'"

What does ESCAPE mean here? Please explain this to me.

Thanks
Deep
 
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You use \ when you want to use _ as actual _ and not _ (for equivalent of any one character)

Escape character is used to use % and _ to match actual % and _ chracateres and not like it's meaning is QL otherwise that is matching single character or macthing none or many characters.

Hope it explains

Gemini
 
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Thanks. So is ESCAPE a keyword in EJB QL? Also, in this example, we are saying that use '_' as _ only and not in EJB-QL sense but use '%' in EJB-QL sense. If we want to use '%' in normal sense then we will have to write something like

'\_\%' ESCAPE '\'

Is that right?

Thanks again
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I dont think you need to specify ESCAPE /.
By default / is ESCAPE character in EJB QL.

Your question --
If we want to use '%' in normal sense then we will have to write something like

\%'

And not

'\_\%' ESCAPE '\'

Although

\%' ESCAPE '\'
should work fine. (my guess)

Hope it helps..
 
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