Steve Jones

My background is I have been working with computers since I was about 12. My first "career" job in this industry was with network administration where I became the local DBA by default. I have also spent lots of time administering Netware and NT networks, developing software, managing smaller IT groups, making lots of coffee, ordering pizza for late nights, etc., etc.

I currently am the editor of SQL Server Central and an advocate/architect at Redgate Software. I am also the President of SQL Saturday, maintain the T-SQL Tuesday monthly party, and remember our colleagues at sqlmemorial.org.

You can find out more about me on my blog (www.voiceofthedba.com) or LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest)
  • Interests: yoga, reading, biking, snowboarding, volleyball

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Escaping Like I

I have this data in a SQL Server 2022 table: 

PlayerIDPlayerNamePlayerStatus
1The \%ChampActive
2The ChampActive
3The_ChampionActive
4The__ChampionActive
5The\_ChampActive
How many rows are returned by this code in SQL Server 2022? 
select PlayerName from player
where playername like 'The\_C%' escape '\'
 

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