SELECT string by exact match of first 6 characters

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SELECT string by exact match of first 6 characters

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hurdy
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17 Posts

Posted - 2010-03-02 : 20:02:54

Hi all,

Thank you for your time out to read this post.

Is there a SQL statement that I can use to return items from a database table where the search parameter is the first 6 characters of a database column?

For example, I have 1 table with 3 colums.

Column1 data:
1, 2, 3

Column2 data: (this column is in the string datatype, not int)
101111741 *note - 9 characters long
101222852
101333963

Column3 data:
Rob
John
Steve

I need an SQL statement similar to the follow;

SELECT Column1, Column3
FROM Table
WHERE Column2=@Column2 -- but I want to be able to search by the first 6 characters as they are always unique. Please note column2 is in the string format.

So, if I search using 101222 it should return - 2, John.

Thank you for your time and all advice is greatly appreciated.

Rob

senthil_nagore
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1007 Posts

Posted - 2010-03-03 : 00:15:44

SELECT Column1, Column3
FROM Table
WHERE left(column2,6)=@Column2

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madhivanan
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22864 Posts

Posted - 2010-03-03 : 01:15:29

Better approach for index usage

SELECT Column1, Column3
FROM Table
WHERE column2 like @Column2+'%'

Madhivanan

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