--- On Sun, 10/21/07, Adrian Klaver <aklaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have a column with data structured as follows. > > > > 32TT - 0002 > > 32LT- 0004 > > 32PT-0005 > > > > Is there a way of selecting all of the rows containing > LT in that column?? > > > > I have attempted variations of ' *LT* ' with > out success. I set up my table structure a little differently: CREATE TABLE loops ( area INTEGER CHECK( AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 99), process_code VARCHAR(1) CHECK ( process_code ~ [A-Z]), loop_nbr INTEGER CHECK( loop_nbr BETWEEN 1 AND 9999), suffix VARCHAR(1) CHECK ( suffix ~ [A-Z] ), loop_work_scope VARCHAR CHECK ( loop_work_scope IN ( 'NEW','REUSE','DEMO'), PRIMARY KEY ( area, process_code, loop_nbr, suffix, loop_work_scope) ); CREATE TABLE tags ( area INTEGER CHECK( AREA BETWEEN 1 AND 99), process_code VARCHAR(1) CHECK ( process_code ~ [A-Z]), loop_nbr INTEGER CHECK( loop_nbr BETWEEN 1 AND 9999), suffix VARCHAR(1) CHECK ( suffix ~ [A-Z] ), loop_work_scope VARCHAR CHECK ( loop_work_scope IN ( 'NEW','REUSE','DEMO'), Foriegn KEY ( area, process_code, loop_nbr, suffix, work_scope) REFERENCES ( Loops.area, Loops.process_code, Loops, Loop_nbr, Loops_suffix, Loops.work_scope ), Instrument_code VARCHAR(4), Instrument_suffix varchar(1) check ( suffix ~ [A-Z]) Instrument_work_scope varchar check (insturment_work_scope in ( 'NEW','REUSE','DEMO'), Primary KEY ( area, Instrument_code, loop_nbr, instrument_suffix, Instrument_work_scope ) ); SELECT area || insturment_code || to_char( loop_nbr, '0000' ) || instrument_suffix AS tag FROM Tags WHERE instrument_code = 'LT' AND instrument_work_scope = 'NEW'; ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend