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authorAndrey Andreev <narf@devilix.net>2016-02-17 18:19:56 +0100
committerAndrey Andreev <narf@devilix.net>2016-02-17 18:19:56 +0100
commit86d2ec40b47f885a6d7e28b9dd519fac3332e7ae (patch)
tree5267ecad8bc0ad56a87a4ed4094626a2589423e1 /user_guide_src/source/database/queries.rst
parent82efb383544dc06aef7c628780b74acac31fb622 (diff)
[ci skip] Update docs to reflect escape_like_str() usage with ESCAPE '\!'
Closes #4462
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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/queries.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/queries.rst
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@@ -123,7 +123,13 @@ this:
$search = '20% raise';
$sql = "SELECT id FROM table WHERE column LIKE '%" .
- $this->db->escape_like_str($search)."%'";
+ $this->db->escape_like_str($search)."%' ESCAPE '!'";
+
+.. important:: The ``escape_like_str()`` method uses '!' (exclamation mark)
+ to escape special characters for *LIKE* conditions. Because this
+ method escapes partial strings that you would wrap in quotes
+ yourself, it cannot automatically add the ``ESCAPE '!'``
+ condition for you, and so you'll have to manually do that.
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