Like used in select statement

ajayvamsi · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:17 pm Post subject: Like used in select statement

Hi Friends,

My requirement is I need to pick all the names in a column which r having percentage symbol in between the names...!!

Example::

let us suppose I have a table xyz with Name,Age as fields

Name Age

aaa%aaa 11
bbbbbbbb 12
cc%ccccc 45
d%ccccc 12

please help me to write a query to pick out all the Names like::
aaa%aaa
cc%ccccc
d%ccccc

Thanks in advance,
ajay

chowdamhemalatha · New User Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 2 Location: bangalore

Hi,

u can use LIKE clause in the SELECT stmt as shown below.

SELECT col1 FROM tab1 WHERE col1 LIKE '_%%'

Rgds,
Hema.

reshma

hema,

i was confused with ur query ..in the above said query by u ,u should have mentioned where col1 like '_%%%' ....tell me if iam wrong

regards,
reshma

ajayvamsi · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Like used in select statement

Hema,
I am confused with the query..!! I heard that we need to go usling for "Escape"

Please correct here

select name from xyz where name like '%+%sdfdf' escape '+';
Is this wrong...!!