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                                    | Blessed1978Yak Posting Veteran
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2014-10-27 : 17:26:48 
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                                            | I need a Sql like me syntax that matches pattern  ########-#####-####-####-############ represents any number |  |  
                                    | tkizerAlmighty SQL Goddess
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2014-10-27 : 17:42:08 
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                                          | Not sure if there's a shorter way, but here goes:select * from table1 where column1 like '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]'Tara KizerSQL Server MVP since 2007http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/ |  
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                                    | Blessed1978Yak Posting Veteran
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2014-10-27 : 17:49:38 
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                                          | K what about the - between the numbers |  
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                                    | tkizerAlmighty SQL Goddess
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2014-10-27 : 17:56:22 
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                                          | The dashes are already in there. Might be hard to spot due to the dash between 0 and 9, but the extra dashes between the numbers are in there too if you look closely.Tara KizerSQL Server MVP since 2007http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/ |  
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