Off the top of my head, in SQL Server you can do it like this : SELECT PartNumber, 'FirstBitOfPartNumber' = LEFT( PartNumber, FIND( '.', PartNumber ) )
FROM blahblahblah If you wanted to just get matching rows, you can use that as a join condition, e.g. SELECT PartNumber FROM Table1 INNER JOIN Table2 ON Table2.PartNumber = LEFT( Table1.PartNumber, FIND( '.', Table1.PartNumber ) ) WHERE blah blah blah Hope that helps Alistair Alistair Davidson Application Developer www.smartgroups.com Freeserve.com PLC -----Original Message----- From: Alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 July 2002 21:27 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: OT: SQL question Great. You did not provide your database or setup. I can only assume you are working on a mainframe hitting DB2. On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Phillip B wrote: > I need to do this and don't know where to start. > > Compare part of a part number in one table to another table. The part numbers look like this. > > 12345.123 > 12345.234 > 12345.654 > 02nt911dc.123 > 02nt911dc.054 > 02thq5 > 02thq7 > > The part before the dot is all I want to use to compare to the other table which will only contain the first part. It would be something like this. > > 12345.123 = 12345 > 12345.234 = 12345 > 12345.654 = 12345 > 02nt911dc.123 = 02nt911dc > 02nt911dc.054 = 02nt911dc > 02thq5 = 02thq5 > 02thq7 = 02thq7 > > How would I do that using just sql statements? > > Maybe when I have the server import I could have it create an extra column that can contain a trimmed version of the part number. A master number of sorts. Just a thought. > > > Thanks > > Phillip Broussard > Tracker Marine Group > 417-873-5957 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
