Need to compare part of the string with the another string..

vijayakumar.yellala · New User Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 63 Location: Chennai

Hi,

i need to compare part of the string with another string.

Select *
From <table name>
where a_b_c(12:6) = x_y_z;
,,,,

Length of the a_b_c is 17 bytes, I need to compare with last 6 byes. Please let me know how to represent a_b_c(12:6).

Thanks in Advance.

Regards
Vijay

ssmukul · New User Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 19 Location: India

Hi Vijay,

You can use SUBSTR for this.

vijayakumar.yellala · New User Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 63 Location: Chennai

Thanks for response..

dick scherrer · Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2010 7:35 pm

Hello,

Just keep in mind that this kind of query has the potential to dim all of the lights in the computer room. . .

If this is some one-time requirement or something that only runs sedom in batch, the impact may not be much, but if the table is high-volume and this query is often needed in online processing - there be monsters. . .

Suggest this process be run against full-volume data to make sure it runs acceptably with minimum impact to the rest of the system.

If the table has only 100 rows, it may not be important if the table contains 100 million rows, this will be an entirely different matter.