Re: LIKE operator and string comparison - Mailing list pgsql-sql

Tom Lane wrote:

> Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com> writes:
> 
>>But if I choose to use string comparison, instead of 4 escape characters, I 
>>only need 2.
> 
> 
>>Why is that?
> 
> 
> Backslash is an escape character for LIKE.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 
> 

What about in regular strings? I do need to use backslash to escape the 
other backslash in order to get the '\'. Why isn't that the case in LIKE 
operation?

Thanks

Wei