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Sep 7, 2009 · Here is an alternative way: select * from tbl where col like 'ABC%' union select * from tbl where col like 'XYZ%' union select * from tbl where col like 'PQR%';
May 29, 2012 · This SQL LIKE condition example returns all suppliers whose name starts with H and ends in %. For example, it would return a value such as 'Hello%'. You can also use the escape character with the _ character in the SQL LIKE condition. For example: SELECT * FROM suppliers WHERE supplier_name LIKE 'H%!_' escape '!';
Effectively, the IN statement creates a series of OR statements... so. SELECT * FROM table WHERE column IN (1, 2, 3) Is effectively. SELECT * FROM table WHERE column = 1 OR column = 2 OR column = 3. And sadly, that is the route you'll have to take with your LIKE statements. SELECT * FROM table.
Oct 11, 2011 · Note that if your column is indexed, LIKE '[0-9][0-9]-[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]' can be a lot faster than any UFD or CLR regex, because SQL Server understands LIKE better, and it can more easily skip parts of the index if it would never match. For example, all records starting with a character outside of 0-9 will be ignored immediately, whereas a UDF or CLR regex will still read these values.
Dec 19, 2016 · 3. The "OR" operator applies to expressions. "LIKE 'str1'" and "LIKE 'str2'" are not valid expressions, since the "LIKE" operator requires both a left hand side and a right hand side. page LIKE ('str1' OR 'str2') would first try to OR together 'str1' and 'str2', giving the value TRUE. It would then try and evaluate page LIKE TRUE, and report an ...
Jun 22, 2015 · Each team covers over 100 postcodes. What I would like to do is create a report that brings back the clients within the postcode. Currently, my code looks like this. SELECT * FROM tbl_ClientFile. WHERE CLNTPOST1 LIKE ('B79%') OR CLNTPOST1 LIKE ('BB1%') OR CLNTPOST1 LIKE ('BB10%') OR CLNTPOST1 LIKE ('BB11%')
Jun 10, 2010 · 248. There is no combination of LIKE & IN in SQL, much less in TSQL (SQL Server) or PLSQL (Oracle). Part of the reason for that is because Full Text Search (FTS) is the recommended alternative. Both Oracle and SQL Server FTS implementations support the CONTAINS keyword, but the syntax is still slightly different:
Feb 12, 2009 · How Does LIKE Work? The SQL Standard § 8.5 describes how LIKE compares strings: The <predicate> M LIKE P. is true if there exists a partitioning of M into substrings such that: i) A substring of M is a sequence of 0 or more contiguous <character representation>s of M and each <character representation> of M is part of exactly one substring.
Oct 1, 2009 · On the other hand, LIKE supports SQL wildcard matching. So, with LIKE you can do name like '%jones' to get all the names ending in jones. With LIKE, the percent '%' character is anything, length zero or more, and the underscore character, '_', is any one character. answered Oct 1, 2009 at 16:27. Jeremy Bourque.
Feb 6, 2011 · I need to create a rule only for alphabet characters i used the following Wildcard character sequences but didn't work ! LIKE '[A-Za-z]' LIKE 'a-z' LIKE 'A-Za-z'
