# Poucentage Character
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/poucentage-character/7101
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [August 18, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/poucentage-character/7101 "2021-08-18T08:23:26Z")
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### Author:  [@exploit-aq](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/exploit-aq)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/poucentage-character/7101/1 "2021-08-18T08:23:26Z")
Hello Everybody,
I use automise from many years to manage all IT flow and i’m very satisfy. Thank for your job.
I post here because i have a problem with pourcentage character. Automise use it for variable so it’s complicated to use some SQL request (ADO execute SQL for example) like :
select \* from XXX where YYY like ‘%MANAGE%’
Automise show me an error message :
Error expanding Content : [Expression Error]: Variable\Object " " does not exist!
Other case : I export some data with ADO Execute SQL and when i have a pourcentage character in data, i can’t use it with variable.
Do you have any idea to workaround the problem ?
Have a good day,
Jack
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### Author:  [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2021, 8:47am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/poucentage-character/7101/2 "2021-08-18T08:47:35Z")
Hi Jack
You need to escape the % symbols
e.g
```sql
select * from XXX where YYY like ‘%%MANAGE%%’
```
See the help :
[https://wiki.finalbuilder.com/display/AT5/Escaping+Variable+References](https://wiki.finalbuilder.com/display/AT5/Escaping+Variable+References)
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### Author:  [@exploit-aq](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/exploit-aq)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/poucentage-character/7101/3 "2021-08-18T09:23:36Z")
Thank for the wiki link. I didn’t see it.
Have a good day.