the thing to remember is that if you only want strings that start with
CAT you'd never want to query with %CAT% because this could match
DOG_CATHY.
% is a wildcard that matches any number of characters including none.
if you want to match a single character you use _
if you actually need to s
On 7/4/07, Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In the last episode (Jul 04), David T. Ashley said:
> On 7/4/07, gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > SELECT column FROM table WHERE column LIKE "CAT\_%";
>
> Would it be reasonable to assume that if "column" is indexed, the
> query would execut
In the last episode (Jul 04), David T. Ashley said:
> On 7/4/07, gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > SELECT column FROM table WHERE column LIKE "CAT\_%";
>
> Would it be reasonable to assume that if "column" is indexed, the
> query would execute quickly, i.e. I would assume that the indexing
>
On 7/4/07, gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SELECT column FROM table WHERE column LIKE "CAT\_%";
Would it be reasonable to assume that if "column" is indexed, the query
would execute quickly, i.e. I would assume that the indexing would
facilitate this kind of query?
SELECT column FROM table WHERE column LIKE "CAT\_%";
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If I have a table with rows like this, all varchar:
DOG_LUCY
DOG_CHARLIE
DOG_LASSIE
DOG_XRAY
CAT_MR_BIGGLESWORTH
CAT_SCRATCHER
CAT_WHISTLER
what is the form of a query that will return the rows where the first part
of the string matches?
For example, what if I'd like to return the rows that beg
