Question

I am trying this code

CREATE TABLE #t 
( 
   nam Varchar(100) 
) 
INSERT INTO #t(nam)VALUES('abc[]def') 
SELECT * FROM #t Where Quotename(nam) like Quotename('abc[]def') 
drop table #t 

and not giving me any result…. Am I missing something?

Answer 1

CREATE TABLE #t 
( 
   nam Varchar(100) 
); 
INSERT INTO #t(nam)VALUES('abc[]def'); 
SELECT * FROM #t Where Quotename(nam) = Quotename('abc[]def');
drop table #t;

Its not returning anything because Brackets [ ] are know as Wildcard alphabets with LIKE.
The set of characters specified between brackets wildcard which will match any one characters in the specified position (the location of the wildcard).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms179859.aspx

Please open the link and search the following text.

Using the [ ] wildcard characters