in reply to REGEXP_LIKE W/DBI

Perhaps you need to double up on the backslashes?
my $like = "REGEXP_LIKE(note_tx, 'CA\\s+\\n?Merged\\s+\\n?From:\\s+\\n +?Vendor:')";

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Re^2: REGEXP_LIKE W/DBI
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on May 30, 2014 at 01:48 UTC

    Or even single down on the quotes:

    c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my $like = q{REGEXP_LIKE(note_tx, 'CA\s+\n?Merged\s+\n?From:\s+\n?Ven +dor:')}; print qq{:$like:}; " :REGEXP_LIKE(note_tx, 'CA\s+\n?Merged\s+\n?From:\s+\n?Vendor:'):

    BTW:  \s includes  \n so  \s+\n? is redundant; might as well just be  \s+

Re^2: REGEXP_LIKE W/DBI
by dirtdog (Monk) on May 30, 2014 at 12:49 UTC

    Sorry for the late response, but i had to leave unexpectedly yesterday shortly after posting my question.

    "Doubling up" on the backslashes solved the issue!

    Thanks again.