Ranganath, You can use instr(ship_name, ship_id) > 0
Cheers, Neil. -----Original Message----- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 17 December 2002 10:39 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi all, I have a table by name shipment with two columns say ship_id and ship_name and data as follows: SHIP_ID SHIP_NAME ------------- ------------------- ABC 1ABCLMN XYZ 23XYZ1112 ABB 123LM I want to select all the columns in shipment table which has ship_id as string in the ship_name column. For example, ship_id 'ABC' is present in '1ABCLMN'. So that record should be selected. The ship_id string may start from any position and end at any position in ship_name column. So I cannot use the substr function in this case. How do I write the select clause for this requirement? Any help in this regard is very much appreciated. Thanks and Regards, Ranganath WARNING: The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or omission taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. Thank you. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Krishnaswamy, Ranganath INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: McBain, Neil SITI-ITDSEL314 INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).
