Find Names in the SQL Server Database with Special Characters

If your name fields has special characters like ~!@#$%^&*()-+":{} and so on, then here's a simple query that lets you find special characters in Names.


SELECT * FROM CustomersTemp


WHERE FirstName like '%[~!@%^&*()]%'


or LastName like '%[~!@%^&*()]%'



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