Help with escape option in sql

Question

SQL> select sname from shares where sname like 'VIS_%';
SNAME
VISAKAIND
VISASTEEL
VISESHINFO
VISHALEXPO
VISHALRET
VISUINTL
VIS_SIN
7 rows selected.
SQL> select sname from shares where sname like 'VIS\_%';
SNAME
VISAKAIND
VISASTEEL
VISESHINFO
VISHALEXPO
VISHALRET
VISUINTL
VIS_SIN
7 rows selected.
SQL> select sname from shares where sname like 'VIS_\%';
SNAME
VISAKAIND
VISASTEEL
VISESHINFO
VISHALEXPO
VISHALRET
VISUINTL
VIS_SIN
7 rows selected.
could u people please help me to get the row with the sname vis_sin only....

Answer 1

Hi Sybrand - here it is - please point to the error
if you see it...
Thanks.
Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release
10.2.0.3.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
SQL> select table_name from dba_tables where
table_name like 'PS\_%' and rownum<10 escape '\';
select table_name from dba_tables where table_name
like 'PS\_%' and rownum<10 escape '\'
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00933: SQL command not properly endedselect table_name from dba_tables where table_name like 'PS\_%' escape '\' and rownum < 10;
the 'escape' is part of the like condition so you need it contiguous to the like clause.