Maybe the 'no rows selected' is due to the fact that you were looking for 'A & B' in the first example, and 'A & b' in the second example? On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 16:23 -0500, Harvinder Singh wrote: > It works as an set option but not in the query and I was looking for > something to work in the query without the set option: > > SQL> set ESCAPE '\' > > SQL> select * from t_account_mapper > > 2 where nm_login like 'A \& b%'; On Mon, 2007-02-05 at 16:02 -0500, Harvinder Singh wrote: > Select * from tab1 where col1 like = 'A & B' > Best regards, Carel-Jan Engel === If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. (Derek Bok) ===