Question

I am trying to search for any string that contains “;” in a column of a table which results in some weird results.

It is not only returning me the results that have “;” but also returns those rows which don’t contain any “;” but instead contains a “‘”.

Here is my query:

select *
from fields
where Comment like '%;%'

and returned results is

Row 1 & 2 instead of 3 & 4 records

Any idea?

I am adding following table structure and some insert statements for reference. Though the result will differ now

>/****** Object: Table [dbo].[Fields]  Script Date: 08/10/2010 14:18:56 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

>SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

>SET ANSI_PADDING ON
GO

>CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Fields](
    [ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT FOR REPLICATION NOT NULL,
    [Comment] [text] NULL,
) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
GO

>SET ANSI_PADDING OFF
GO

>INSERT INTO Fields (Comment) VALUES ('Moody''s Corp')
Go

>INSERT INTO Fields (Comment) VALUES ('0% as core business is ex-growth and hasn''t grown in a decade.')
Go

>INSERT INTO Fields (Comment) VALUES ('bphivgcofc ;')
Go

>INSERT INTO Fields (Comment) VALUES ('Newsflow - recommendations on use of paracetamol. Will probably takeoff EPS; in a worst-case but low probability scenario could be a 3% hit to earnings.')
Go

——- SOLVED —–

I think the problem is within the interface I am using to query the database. This database is externally hosted so the provider has given us an interface to access that data and it seems there is a problem in that interface.

Thanks for everyone’s help and suggestions.

Answer 1

I think its the problem within the interface I am using to query the database. This database is externally hosted so provider has given us the interface to access that data and it seems there is a problem in that interface.

Thanks for everyone’s help and suggestions.