SQL Server Templates - How Do I Escape The Less Than Character?

Question

I like to use SQL Server 2005 templates to run frequently used queries. You can include parameters in your templates using this syntax:

Answer 1

when I Specify Values for Template Parameters, this runs fine for me:

select * from  WHERE ID<=1000 AND ID>=20000

perhaps you do not have every parameter's "<" and ">" paired properly

EDIT I see the problem now:

SELECT * FROM  WHERE ID<=1000 AND ID>=20000 AND  IS NOT NULL

results in:

SELECT * FROM YourTable WHERE IDYourColumn IS NOT NULL

try making the "<" character into a parameter, like this:

SELECT * FROM  WHERE ID=1000
AND ID>=20000 AND < IS NOT NULL

it results in:

SELECT * FROM YourTable WHERE ID<=1000
AND ID>=20000 AND YourColumn IS NOT NULL

OR split the lines, line breaks seem to make a difference:

SELECT * FROM  WHERE ID<=1000 AND ID>=20000 
AND  IS NOT NULL

results in:

SELECT * FROM YourTable WHERE ID<=1000 AND ID>=20000 
AND YourColumn IS NOT NULL