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eevans
Starting Member

48 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-02 : 13:16:42

Hello,
I would like to pull rows where a paricular column starts with a number. Is there a quicker way of doing that than this...

column_a LIKE '0%' OR
column_a LIKE '1%' OR
column_a LIKE '2%' OR
etc.

Thanks.

revdnrdy
Posting Yak Master

220 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-02 : 13:27:38

quote:
Originally posted by eevans

Hello,
I would like to pull rows where a paricular column starts with a number. Is there a quicker way of doing that than this...

column_a LIKE '0%' OR
column_a LIKE '1%' OR
column_a LIKE '2%' OR
etc.

Thanks.

try this


SELECT * 
FROM SomeTable
Where column_a LIKE '[0-9]%'

r&r

eevans
Starting Member

48 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-02 : 13:57:39

Thanks!

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