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description: "LIKE Escape Sequence"
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# LIKE Escape Sequence
ODBC uses escape sequences for the LIKE clause. The syntax of this escape sequence is as follows:  
  
```  
{'escape-character'}  
```  
  
## Remarks  
 In BNF notation, the syntax is as follows:  
  
 *ODBC-like-escape* ::=  
  
 *ODBC-esc-initiator* escape '*escape-character*' *ODBC-esc-terminator*  
  
 *escape-character* ::= *character*  
  
 *ODBC-esc-initiator* ::= {  
  
 *ODBC-esc-terminator* ::= }  
  
 To determine if the driver supports the LIKE escape sequence, an application can call **SQLGetInfo** with the SQL_LIKE_ESCAPE_CLAUSE information type.