MAKING A SQL QUERY WITH LIKE SINTAX

Question

Im trying to make a string with a sql query.
the object is return a select statement in the var string and the select statement must be return a string like that :
select item1, item2, item3 from table where
item1 like '%PEPE%' and item2 like '%COSA2%';
then I make a string like that :
lq_sql := 'select item1, item2, item3 from table where item1 like '||'%'||:P1_NOMBRE||'%'
but this give errors.
Any help? thanks in advanced and regards everybody.

Answer 1

Hello,
If you check your statement in sql*plus this is how it will look like:
select 'select item1, item2, item3 from table where item1 like '||'%'||&P1_NOMBRE||'%' txt
from dual
Enter value for p1_nombre: 3
result:
TXT
select item1, item2, item3 from table where item1 like %3%
***You are missing single quotes before and after the % statement, as follows:
select 'select item1, item2, item3 from table where item1 like '||'''%'||&P1_NOMBRE||'%''' txt
from dual
Enter value for p1_nombre: 3
result:
TXT
select item1, item2, item3 from table where item1 like '%3%'BTW, i changed colon (:) to ampersand (&) to run it in SQL*plus but it should be a colon.
-Marilyn