Re: SQL Where LIKE - Range it!

select * from table where last_name ~ '^[A-F]';
or
select * from table where last_name between 'A' and 'G';
or
select * from table where last_name >='A' and last_name<'G'

The second one is broken if last_name='G' returns something.
Use ~* in first example to ignore case.

Frank

At 08:16 PM 4/26/01 GMT, you wrote:
>H-
>
>I've found the docs on how to select a list of rows from a table were
>all the records have a last name starting with 'W%'.
>select * from table where last_name LIKE 'W%'
>
>What I'd like to do is pull a list of records where there is a range
>of last names; say from A - F.
>select * from table where last_name LIKE 'A%' AND last_name LIKE 'F%'
>- for example.
>
>The above code I've tried for this doesn't seem to work as I'd expect
>it too?
>I've even done
>select * from table where last_name LIKE 'A%' AND LIKE 'F%'
>
>Can anyone provide some details or insights on how to accomplish this?
>
>
>Thanks. Much appreciated.
>-Steagus
>
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