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Find a string within a column in sqlserver
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02/06/2008 16:12:33
 
 
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02/06/2008 15:53:02
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
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Thread ID:
01321126
Message ID:
01321128
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12
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>I just can't remember this, but I know I've done this before. I have a column in sqlserver which has two strings in it separated by a semicolon. I need to pull all the records where the string on the right of the semicolon in the column matches a specific value:
>
>Example looking for all records with 'ABC' after the semicolon in the column:
>
>Example record that would match: mytable.mycolumn = 'Anyvalue;ABC'
>Example record that would match: mytable.mycolumn = 'Anyvalue; ABC'
>Example record that would NOT match: mytable.mycolumn = 'Anyvalue' or 'Anyvalue;DEF'
>
>Note the third example - one record does NOT have a semicolon at all and if there is no semicolon, then there is no value to pull.


Would 'Anyvalue; morechars ABC' be a valid value too?
Select * From myTable Where myColumn Like '%;%ABC%'
hth
-Stefan
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