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ganeshbabuj
Known Participant
August 19, 2025
Question

Procedure MariaDb input parameter for where clause

Trying to move the logic from query entity connecting to VW to Proc with input parameter and was able to create a Procedure on Maria DB . Challenge is trying to recreate includes operator logic for an column on proc using LIKE operator

but not able to achieve it 100%

currently got to an extend as below , there are multiple input paramter on WHERE clause and one below

AND ( input_parameter IS NULL OR input_parameter = '' OR REPLACE (LOWER(COLUMN_NAME),' ' , '')  LIKE REPLACE (LOWER(input_parameter),' ' , '') )

additional checks made

From Appian while passing the input parameter have also converted the input parameter to lower case and have appended %% before and after the string

Input parameter definition have set charset as per the column definition.

Still issue is value with alphanumeric value ending with number fails Ex: %abc1234_def4%. No result (actual record exists), but %abc1234_def% gives results 

5 replies

shubhama926776
Brainy
August 19, 2025

Underscore (_) is a wildcard character in SQL LIKE patterns that matches exactly one character. When you search for %abc1234_def4%, the underscore is interpreted as a wildcard, not a literal underscore.

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ganeshbabuj
Known Participant
August 20, 2025

can you provide with equivalent replacement string to be built on appian for Example : %abc1234_def4% to be passed as input parameter for Procedure 

shubhama926776
Brainy
August 20, 2025

In Appian, you only need to escape underscores
Do not make any change to DB side and give a try.
Let me know if that works for you.

concat(
  "%",
  substitute(lower("abc1234_def4"), "_", "\_"),
  "%"
)


If this will not work give a try to make changes in DB as(Keep Above Appian Code as is for this)

AND ( input_parameter IS NULL OR input_parameter = '' OR 
      REPLACE(LOWER(COLUMN_NAME), ' ', '') LIKE 
      REPLACE(LOWER(input_parameter), ' ', '') ESCAPE '\\' )


If this doesn't work either, your data likely has trailing characters (spaces/tabs) after "4". Please verify the actual data structure.

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