[Zope-dev] ZSQL using LIKE operator

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 21:29:25 +0100 (CET)


Schmidt, Allen J. writes:
 > .... how to resolve a query which I need to read:
 > 
 > SELECT * FROM table WHERE keywords LIKE '%keywords_variable%'
 > 
 > <dtml-sqltest> has 'op=like' and when set to 'type=string' produces the LIKE
 > operation in the query, with single quotes,  but I cannot get it to 'wrap'
 > the keywords with the percent characters and THEN the single quotes to
 > produce that which I have in the query above.
<dtml-sqltest expr="'%%%s%%' % keywords_variable" column=keywords_variable ...>


Dieter