>>I think it may be better in case you have [ in your query.
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>I see. Do you know if this can be a factor in the execution plan?
No. Both should work the same. BTW, it's a bit tricky problem here if we want to allow all characters to be present in the string, e.g. \[ ] _
it may be hard to find a way to escape special character.
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