Go postgresql LIKE query

Question

I'm working with Go and PostgreSQL (pq driver), I have the following query

SELECT p.id, p.name, p.description, p.price, p.image, p.rate
FROM products AS p
WHERE LOWER(p.name) LIKE %$1% ORDER BY p.rate DESC

If I exec this query directly in PostgreSQL it work but in Golang says:

pq: syntax error at or near "%"

How can I fix it? I tried with "\%" but didn't works. thanks.

here is the complete source code

func FindByName(name *string) ([]*Product, error) {
    db, err := db.StablishConnection()
    if err != nil {
            log.Fatal(err)
            panic(err)
    }
    defer db.Close()

    query := `SELECT p.id, p.name, p.description, p.price, p.image, p.rate
        FROM products AS p
        WHERE LOWER(p.name) LIKE %$1% ORDER BY p.rate DESC`

    product_rows, err := db.Query(query, name)

    if err != nil {
            return nil, err
    }

    if product_rows == nil {
            return nil, errors.New("No Products Named " + *name)
    }

    products := []*Product{}
    for product_rows.Next() {
            product := new(Product)
            err = product_rows.Scan(&product.Id,
                    &product.Name,
                    &product.Description,
                    &product.Price,
                    &product.Image,
                    &product.Rate)
            if err != nil {
                    panic(err)
            }
            products = append(products, product)
    }
    return products, nil
}

Answer 1

You need to put the like pattern in single quotes:

SELECT p.id, p.name, p.description, p.price, p.image, p.rate
FROM products AS p
WHERE LOWER(p.name) LIKE '%' || $1 || '%'
ORDER BY p.rate DESC;