Case needs to be considered, eg., '%General%' or use of upper/lower functions.
"Nguyen, David M" wrote: > > I am running oracle8i on solaris8. I have a word ( General ) in my column > named "subject", I try to run SQL using LIKE and % to grep any data having > the word ( General ) but it displayed no rows selected. Does someone have > any idea why? Below is my SQL I used. > > SQL> select * from sonusrpt where subject like '%general%'; > > no rows selected. > > Thanks, > David > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Nguyen, David M > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Suzy Vordos INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).