Problem in using LIKE addition in SELECT statement

HI Experts,
Have a small query for you :
While selecting from Database I want to fetch all records which have the field name like "HR_".
I wrote following select query :
l_tsobj TYPE tst01-dname VALUE 'HR_%',
SELECT * INTO TABLE ltst01 FROM tst01 WHERE dname LIKE l_tsobj.
During debugging it shows me all records like HR_ & all records like HRL.
Not sure why it is fetching records like HRL from database .
In table tst01 total number of records having HR_ = 1231
but the above query select in total 1231 + 2000( records having HRL ..... pattern also ).
I want to restrict data selection at database level only & not at internal table level . Please suggest.
Thanks,
Abhinav.

Hi,
you have to use ESCAPE statement.
DATA:
l_tsobj TYPE tst01-dname VALUE 'HR/_%'.
SELECT *
INTO TABLE ltst01
FROM tst01
WHERE dname LIKE l_tsobj ESCAPE '/'.
Regards Marcel

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