Question

I’m having a MySQL issue.

I’m trying to select all rows in a table that start with a backslash and an apostrophe:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE name like '\\\'%'

But this is not working. An example of what I’m trying to select: \'S-GRAVENDEEL

How do I do this?

Thanks

p.s.
Yes, this was the result of a faulty import, I know, but now I need to fix it 🙂

Answer 1

So I’ve got a solution.

Basically what I want to do is fix the entries, so I’ll show you what the replace looks like:

SELECT *, REPLACE(naam, '\\''', '''') naamnew FROM school_plaats WHERE naam like '%\\''%'

Apparently, I need to escape the apostrophe with an apostrophe and the backslash with a backslash.