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asifbhura
Posting Yak Master

India
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Posted - 12/18/2012 :  06:22:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello,

I have two columns stcode, stname

i have data like
stcode stname
AB001 XYZ
2AB001 XYZ
AB002 AAA
2AB002 AAA

I want to delete all records which are having Stcode which start with 2

regards,

bandi
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge

India
1390 Posts
Posted - 12/18/2012 :  06:28:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
DELETE FROM TableName
WHERE LEFT(stcode,1) = '2'

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sunriser
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Posted - 12/18/2012 :  06:36:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
delete from tablename
where
stcode like '2%'

sunriser
Edited by - sunriser on 12/18/2012 06:36:45
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

India
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Posted - 12/19/2012 :  03:34:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by bandi

DELETE FROM TableName
WHERE LEFT(stcode,1) = '2'

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Chandu

might cause it to ignore an index if present on stcode column as predicate becomes non sargeable

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