select where first letter equals...

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cDc
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30 Posts

Posted - 2004-08-11 : 09:39:38

Hi Chaps
is there a way to perform this in one query without the if?


declare @letter char(1)
set @letter = '0'

if not isnumeric(@letter) = 1 
select description from mytable where left(description,1) = @letter
else
select description from mytable where (ascii(left(description,1)) < 65 or ascii(left(description,1)) > 90)

tia!
cDc

Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2004-08-11 : 09:56:30

select description
from mytable
where (not isnumeric(@letter) = 1 AND left(description,1) = @letter)
OR (isnumeric(@letter) = 1 AND (ascii(left(description,1)) < 65 or ascii(left(description,1)) > 90))

Kristen

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