Something like:
select * from towns where upper(left(name,1))='#Letter#'
In the above, the table is "towns" and the field that holds the town name is "town".
"Letter" was the form parameter (which must be
upper case for the above to work).
HTH,
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----- Original Message -----
From: "W Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 12:59 PM
Subject: Quick query question (qqq)
> I have a list of towns (3000 or so), and need to output them per letter in
> the alphabet. For instance, I might need to pull up all towns starting with
> the letter M. To choose the letter, there will be a drop down box with A-Z
> in it (form.letter)
>
> How can I do this in my query?
>
> Cheers
>
> Will
>
>
>
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