How to use LIKE in a t-sql dynamic statement in a stored procedure?

Question

I\'m trying to use the LIKE keyword with the % wildcards wrapping the parameter, but I\'m not sure how to get the % characters into the statement without breaking it. Right

Answer 1

declare @Cmd nvarchar(2000)
declare @eName varchar(10)
set @eName='a'
set @Cmd= 'select * from customer1 where name LIKE '''+'%' +@eName+ '%' + ''''
print @Cmd
EXECUTE sp_executesql @Cmd