select whatever
from userdatabase
where
lastname like 'A%'

will give you everyone who's last name starts with 'A'.

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        Thomas C. 

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 26 January 2001 16:14
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Alphabetic List
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In Yahoo address book, they have this list for finding a particular
> person easily
> by the first letter of their last name:
> 
> All - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - Lists
> 
> Does anyone have any insights on how the algorithm of 
> implementing this
> feature?
> 
> For example, I have a user database, and I want to use this feature to
> find
> persons whose last name start with a particular letter.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Hong
>
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