RE: SQL LIKE statement: LIKE '%a'; LIKE '%b'; LIKE '%c', etc.
What type of database u using ? Rif -Original Message- From: Paul Sinclair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 April 2001 16:25 To: CF-Talk Subject:SQL LIKE statement: LIKE '%a'; LIKE '%b'; LIKE '%c', etc. I am trying to get a db output where a user selects an alphabetical range in a form and then the sql selects all users in a db whose last names start with one of the letters in that range. For example, on a form page the user selects a range of a-f. I need to find all users whose last names start with a letter in that range and output the results. I think I recall a simple way to do this, but right now can't think of it. Could anyone jog my memory for me? Thanks, Paul Sinclair ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: SQL LIKE statement: LIKE '%a'; LIKE '%b'; LIKE '%c', etc.
try: WHERE field LIKE 'a%' OR field LIKE 'b%'... Aaron Cooper, BSc Application Developer, Freeserve.com Plc The Observatory, 36-41 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R OAU T: 0207 553 4992 M: 07799 191 589 -Original Message- From: Paul Sinclair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 April 2001 16:25 To: CF-Talk Subject: SQL LIKE statement: LIKE '%a'; LIKE '%b'; LIKE '%c', etc. I am trying to get a db output where a user selects an alphabetical range in a form and then the sql selects all users in a db whose last names start with one of the letters in that range. For example, on a form page the user selects a range of a-f. I need to find all users whose last names start with a letter in that range and output the results. I think I recall a simple way to do this, but right now can't think of it. Could anyone jog my memory for me? Thanks, Paul Sinclair ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: SQL LIKE statement: LIKE '%a'; LIKE '%b'; LIKE '%c', etc.
If it will always be exactly one character, instead of wildcards I would do select blah fromblahtable where left(lastname, 1) in (#listqualify(form.selectbox_of_letters, "'")#) you might have to use something other than left(lastname, 1) if your database uses a different function for that. Be sure to test with the max number of letters as some DBs don't allow an IN list to be longer than some magic number -Original Message- From: Paul Sinclair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 11:25 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: SQL LIKE statement: LIKE '%a'; LIKE '%b'; LIKE '%c', etc. I am trying to get a db output where a user selects an alphabetical range in a form and then the sql selects all users in a db whose last names start with one of the letters in that range. For example, on a form page the user selects a range of a-f. I need to find all users whose last names start with a letter in that range and output the results. I think I recall a simple way to do this, but right now can't think of it. Could anyone jog my memory for me? Thanks, Paul Sinclair ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: SQL LIKE statement: LIKE '%a'; LIKE '%b'; LIKE '%c', etc.
Rif, It is an MSAccess db. Paul -Original Message- From: Rif Kiamil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 12:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: SQL LIKE statement: LIKE '%a'; LIKE '%b'; LIKE '%c', etc. What type of database u using ? Rif -Original Message- From: Paul Sinclair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 06 April 2001 16:25 To: CF-Talk Subject: SQL LIKE statement: LIKE '%a'; LIKE '%b'; LIKE '%c', etc. I am trying to get a db output where a user selects an alphabetical range in a form and then the sql selects all users in a db whose last names start with one of the letters in that range. For example, on a form page the user selects a range of a-f. I need to find all users whose last names start with a letter in that range and output the results. I think I recall a simple way to do this, but right now can't think of it. Could anyone jog my memory for me? Thanks, Paul Sinclair ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
