--- Susan Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > and accession like 'AY851043%'
I don't know if you've tried refactoring your query, but you could try: AND accession BETWEEN 'AY8510430' AND 'AY8510439' -- where the last digit is ^ ^ -- lowest AND highest expected value Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly