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Thanks!! &nbsp;<br />
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Except one small thing, that returns ac AND acd. &nbsp;How can I exclude acd??
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Thanks!!  

Except one small thing, that returns ac AND acd.  How can I exclude acd??

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you can use the LIKE operator<br />
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WHERE contract LIKE '%ac%'
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you can use the LIKE operator

WHERE contract LIKE '%ac%'

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I have a table called plants a column called contract.<br />
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In this column I have numbers like the following:<br />
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1547ac<br />
154667ac<br />
1445478acd<br />
1245acd<br />
1245ar<br />
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I need to write a query that will return all contracts with ac in them. <br />
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I know that if I had just the ac or acd etc in the column I could write a query as follows:<br />
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select contract<br />
from dbo.plant<br />
where contract ='ac'<br />
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But how can I get all contracts with ac in them even if the first portion of the column is anywhere from 4 to 10 numbers then the letters??<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
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I have a table called plants a column called contract.

In this column I have numbers like the following:

1547ac
154667ac
1445478acd
1245acd
1245ar

I need to write a query that will return all contracts with ac in them. 

I know that if I had just the ac or acd etc in the column I could write a query as follows:

select contract
from dbo.plant
where contract ='ac'

But how can I get all contracts with ac in them even if the first portion of the column is anywhere from 4 to 10 numbers then the letters??

Thanks,




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