25.179. SET JOKER "c" TO "abcdefgh..."

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Set a joker character to match certain characters when using the LIKE operator. The joker character "c" can be one of the following characters

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The string after the keyword TO should contain all the characters that the joker character should match. To have the character to match only itself to be a normal character say

SET NO JOKER "c"

See also SETWILD, LIKE (details), JOKER


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