--- Stuart Felenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I'm storing telephone number (US) in 10 digit
> varchars.  If I want to do a search on just the area
> code, is there a way to limit it to just the first 3
> digits of the string ?
> 
> Thank you 
> Stuart
> 

I'm trying something like this but still getting back
the whole string:

select Telephone from SignUp
where
Left (SUBSTRING(Telephone,1,3), 3) LIKE '4%'

Stuart

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