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Asked: 2026-05-13T20:59:48+00:00

I’m using a Java wrapper for accessing Sqlite but I assume this is a

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I’m using a Java wrapper for accessing Sqlite but I assume this is a general Sqlite question.

String stmt = "SELECT foo FROM bah WHERE foo='%/?/%';
PreparedStatement a = myConn.prepareStatement(stmt);

a.setString(1, "hello");
a.executeQuery();

… throws an exception – it doesn’t like the ? being inside quotes. Everything is fine if I do 

...WHERE foo=?

but this isn’t the statement I want.

How can I insert a variable into such a prepared statement? If you forget about the fact I’m using Sqlite, how is this is done using other database technologies?

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  1. Editorial Team

    No database I’ve encountered will let you put a parameter inside a string literal. If this was supported, then you’d have to escape every ? character in a string that wasn’t a parameter.

    You can, however, use string concatenation to support what you are after:

    SELECT foo FROM bah WHERE foo = '%/' || ? || '/%'
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