Question

I am trying to search for any rows that contain %20 in my database via phpmyadmin. Here’s my query:

select * from `jos_picmicro_content` where `introtext` like '\%20' escape '\';

Except it returns the following error:

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ''\'' at line 1

What have I done wrong?

Answer 1

You’ve escaped the '. The correct syntax is:

select * from `jos_picmicro_content` where `introtext` like '\%20' escape '\\';

In order to identify the problem quickly, divide your query to different rows, e.g.:

select * from `jos_picmicro_content` 
where `introtext` 
like '\%20' 
escape '\\';

Then MySQL will alert at which row the problem is.