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Jason Selburg

Posted Saturday, December 17, 2011 1:28 PM

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Paul White

Posted Saturday, December 17, 2011 3:32 PM

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Good question. If you had wanted to be really sneaky...

DECLARE @Example TABLE (col1 VARCHAR(10))
INSERT @Example VALUES ('X'), ('X' + SPACE(1)), ('X' + SPACE(2))

SELECT COUNT_BIG(*) FROM @Example AS e WHERE col1 LIKE 'X' + SPACE(1)
SELECT COUNT_BIG(*) FROM @Example AS e WHERE col1 LIKE N'X' + SPACE(1)

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Posted Sunday, December 18, 2011 9:33 AM

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Good question. If you had wanted to be really sneaky...

DECLARE @Example TABLE (col1 VARCHAR(10))
INSERT @Example VALUES ('X'), ('X' + SPACE(1)), ('X' + SPACE(2))

SELECT COUNT_BIG(*) FROM @Example AS e WHERE col1 LIKE 'X' + SPACE(1)
SELECT COUNT_BIG(*) FROM @Example AS e WHERE col1 LIKE N'X' + SPACE(1)

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Posted Monday, December 19, 2011 12:45 AM

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Great question, thanks!

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Hugo Kornelis

Posted Monday, December 19, 2011 12:53 AM

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Thanks for the question, Jason.

I only got it right because "3, 3, 1" was not in the answer options - that was the answer I was looking for after reading the question. I am also a bit disappointed that this part of the answer is not explained. One of the links included in the explanation includes this quote:

When the right side of a LIKE predicate expression features a value with a trailing space, SQL Server does not pad the two values to the same length before the comparison occurs.

That quote only reinforces my expectation that the third query should return 1. Can anyone explain to me why it doesn't?

(And, while you're at it, you might also want to explain the even stranger behaviour demonstrated by the query Paul posted in this topic).

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Posted Monday, December 19, 2011 1:19 AM

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Hugo Kornelis (12/19/2011)

That quote only reinforces my expectation that the third query should return 1. Can anyone explain to me why it doesn't?

It is 'explained' (perhaps 'documented' would be a better term) in the last paragraph of Pattern Matching in Search Conditions

And, while you're at it, you might also want to explain the even stranger behaviour demonstrated by the query Paul posted in this topic).

This point needs LIKE (Transact-SQL) in the sub-section 'Pattern Matching by Using LIKE'. Hilarious...

DECLARE @Example TABLE (col1 VARCHAR(10))
INSERT @Example VALUES ('X'), ('X' + SPACE(1)), ('X' + SPACE(2))

DECLARE @ESC1 CHAR = '['
DECLARE @ESC2 NCHAR = '['

SELECT COUNT_BIG(*) FROM @Example AS e WHERE col1 LIKE 'X' + SPACE(1) ESCAPE @Esc1
SELECT COUNT_BIG(*) FROM @Example AS e WHERE col1 LIKE 'X' + SPACE(1) ESCAPE @Esc2

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Posted Monday, December 19, 2011 1:23 AM

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That's a good question, thanks!

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Hugo Kornelis

Posted Monday, December 19, 2011 1:34 AM

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Thanks, Paul!

I won't say "it all makes sense now" - but at least, I now have at least a passing chance of remembering what might have happened and where to look for an explanation if I ever encounter this counter-intuitive behaviour in the wild.

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Posted Monday, December 19, 2011 2:51 AM

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Great question.

Got it wrong as I did not fully read the INSERT statement.

Still, it's ok, the lesson learnt today is, always read the question properly, even on a Monday morning. Smile

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Posted Monday, December 19, 2011 5:32 AM

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good one. Learn new thing !!!

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