Hello Aaron,set me right if i'm wrong, as far as i understand you want to - Karim Moussa

Hello Aaron,

set me right if i'm wrong, as far as i understand you want to return the
clientName that it's first letter is between range of charecters, If I'm
right then you should use this method:

select clientName from table_Name where clientName like '[A-p]%'

let me know if this is not what you want?


Regards,
Karim Mohamed

Because Da comes AFTER D alphabetically. - Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]

Because Da comes AFTER D alphabetically.  If you ordered by client name,
would you expect this order:

B
Batilla
Charlestown
D
Dalhousie

Or this order:

B
Batilla
Charlestown
Dalhousie
D

Since between logically stops at 'D', the latter must be what you expect if
you think 'Dalhousie' should be between B and D.

Maybe you meant:

LEFT(ClientName, 1) BETWEEN 'B' and 'D'

?


Same,

LEFT(CLientName, 1) BETWEEN 'V' AND 'Z'

If there is an index on ClientName, this may be more efficient:

ClientName LIKE '[B-D]%'

ClientName LIKE '[V-Z]%'


A

using between with character values - mohaaro

I've figured out the doing this.

clientName between 'B' and 'D'

Gets converted into this.

clientName >= 'B' and clientName <= 'D'

So in the end the two statements are the same. Can anyone explain why
values starting with the letter D are not returned by these two
queries?

Since 'D' is not returned how would I go about returning the Z values
of this?

clientName between 'V' and 'Z'

My first try at returning 'Z' is the follow but it seems like there
should be a better way.

clientName between 'V' and 'Z' or clientName >= 'Z'

Regards,

Aaron

Thank you both.The syntax clientName like '[A-D]%' worked very well. - mohaaro

Thank you both.

The syntax clientName like '[A-D]%' worked very well. The use of the
index in this case is a nice bonus.

Aaron

using between with character values - Karim Moussa

Aaron,

I am glad that you have solved your problem.

Regards,

Karim
Thank you both.

The syntax clientName like '[A-D]%' worked very well. The use of the
index in this case is a nice bonus.

Aaron