How to escape a string for use with the LIKE operator in SQL Server?

Question

I am looking for something that works in SQL Server similar to the @ symbol in c# which causes a string to be taken as it\'s literal. Eg:

strin         


        

Answer 1

From the docs:

Syntax

match_expression [ NOT ] LIKE pattern [ ESCAPE escape_character ]

Use the ESCAPE option like so:

SELECT [Name] 
  FROM [Test] 
 WHERE [Name] LIKE (REPLACE(@searchText, '%', '%%') + '%') ESCAPE '%'