sql server: need to escape [?

Question

I need to escape [ in an sql query for SQL Server

select * from sometable where name like \'[something]\';

I actually am looking for a [ be

Answer 1

Use:

select * from sometable where name like '[[]something[]]';

you may use as well:

select * from sometable where name like '\[something\]' escape '\';

Described in LIKE (Transact-SQL) on MSDN.