At 2021-01-14T19:27:23-05:00, Bret Stern <bret_stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> sent: > query > > select company_code, item_code, item_description, product_line, > udf_item_width, udf_item_length, sales_unit_measure, ''as mat_type from > mas_combined_item_master where company_code='BUR' or company_code='SNJ' > or company_code='EBC' and udf_edb_managed='' > and item_code LIKE 'S-%' order by item_code; > > comment > > Second column is item_code...why are these items in the results. > Expecting the query to return results where the item_code > > starts with "S-" and includes any othervalue past "S-" > Based on your description, your query is not correct; you should rewrite it, likely using parenthesis to define your actually desired value expression. See also https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/sql-expressions.html#SYNTAX-EXPRESS-EVAL This may or may not be what you intended: SELECT company_code, item_code, item_description, product_line, udf_item_width, udf_item_length, sales_unit_measure, ''as mat_type FROM mas_combined_item_master WHERE (company_code='BUR' OR company_code='SNJ' OR company_code='EBC') AND udf_edb_managed='' AND item_code LIKE 'S-%' ORDER BY item_code;
