asked on SELECT statement not returning data
Ok, it has been a while since I worked on an actual server database, I have been mostly wokring in ACCESS. So, I have the below query that simply refuses to work. There is data in the table, but I do not know what is wrong with my select statement. I want all the loans except those that have 10 digits in the number and no text characters. what is going on is the nubmer i want are in the form like 11111.10 or 11111-10, but NOT accounts 000000002 or 11111-10C.
SELECT balview.LOAN, balview.PRIN_BAL_P, balview.PRIN_BAL_P
FROM balview
WHERE balview.LOAN Like '?????.*' Or balview.LOAN Like '?????-*'
And balview.LOAN Not Like '*[A-Z]*')
AND balview.ACCOUNTING_DATE = '2007-11-30'
Microsoft SQL Server 2005Microsoft DevelopmentSQL
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Sandra Smith
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and yes, with sql server it is _ and not ?
SELECT balview.LOAN, balview.PRIN_BAL_P, balview.PRIN_BAL_P
FROM balview
WHERE ( balview.LOAN Like '?????.*' Or balview.LOAN Like '?????-*' )
And balview.LOAN Like '*[^A-Z]*'
AND balview.ACCOUNTING_DATE = '2007-11-30'
ASKER
Actually, in the code I did correct that, but still did not work. aneeshattingal, will try your version.
ASKER
Aneeshattingal, thankyou, got it to work, but I don't understand the difference between the ? character and the _? Are not both placeholders for one character?
yes, _ stands for a single character in sql
ASKER
Thank you both. Switching is going to be a struggle for the next few weeks, so expect more questions.
* you placed a ) but I don't see the ( for that one
* you have a OR, but to get this working properly, you need a () around the 2 OR parts.
* I replaced the NOT LIKE by a LIKE with a changed pattern
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