[email protected] wrote: > I need to look in a field for a string... you sort of locate for string $ > field. > > How do I do the same thing in an sql select statement. > Mike
select iid, cname from mytable where cname like '%somethinginsidefield%' select iid, cname from mytable where cname like 'startswiththis%' select iid, cname from mytable where cname like '%endswiththis' Use the % character as a mask. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
