How to query for extended ASCII characters in column value

Hi All
Sorry if this has been answered before. I tried searching but none of them seems to work for me.
I am trying to search for inverted ? in my column.
I am using the following query
select *
from table_name
where regexp_like (description , '¿' )

Did you try:
like '%¿%'
create table table_name (description varchar2(100))
insert into table_name values ('jh¿¿gagd')
insert into table_name values ('jhga345gd')
insert into table_name values ('j1231232hgagd¿')
select *
from table_name
where regexp_like (description , '¿' )
DESCRIPTION
jh¿¿gagd
j1231232hgagd¿
select * from table_name
where description like '%¿%'
DESCRIPTION
jh¿¿gagd
j1231232hgagd¿Edited by: user130038 on Sep 8, 2011 12:29 PM

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