Hi:

> Craps out how ?
>
> bar = like %?%

That was a typo. Sorry. I wasn't using '=' at all.

>
> bar like '%?%'
> is closer to the correct syntax

That's what I was doing. The driver gives this error:

-----------------------------
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: The column index is
out of range: 1, number of columns: 0.
at
org.postgresql.core.v3.SimpleParameterList.bind(Si mpleParameterList.java:52)
at
org.postgresql.core.v3.SimpleParameterList.setStri ngParameter(SimpleParameterList.java:117)
at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.bindSt ring(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:2118)
at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.setStr ing(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:1241)
at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.setStr ing(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:1227)
.....etc........
--------------------------------

I hacked around a bit and finally said:

..... bar like ? and foo like ?

ps.setString(1, "%" + myvalue + "%")
ps.setString(2, "%" + my_other_value + "%")

That worked but it's a bit counter-intuitive.

Best regards,
--j



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