Think this is what you seek.... (sory but its copy-ed out the ms-sql online books :))
This example displays the first initial and last name of each employee, for example, A Fuller: USE Northwind SELECT SUBSTRING(FirstName, 1, 1), LastName FROM Employees Best Regards, HuMPie @ Grunn.Org --------------------- Disclamer: All you do with the suggestion in this mail is you responsibillity even if your system will crash :) -----Original Message----- From: Jacque Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: dinsdag 27 januari 2004 19:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Using Wildcards in Query I am converting over to mySQL from Access 2.0 and I am having a little trouble with a query. Here it is: SELECT Max(WBS) AS LastOfWBS FROM Projects Where((WBS)) Like """ & txtEntryData(0).Text & "#%""; I am trying to get the last WBS ID starting with a particular letter the user will type in the textbox. My criteria is that it has to start with a letter and the next character is a number. There can be letters or more numbers to the right of the first number. For example: A01C or B001, but not AB01. In Access we could use the following query: SELECT DISTINCT Max([Projects].[WBS]) AS LastOfWBS FROM Projects where (Projects.WBS) Like """ & txtEntryData(0).Text & "#*""; How can I insure when using mySQL that the second character is a number? -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
