>Doesn't this match any word that begins with a zero through nine?
>
>Try this in the QA:
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>if '123' like '[0-9]%' print 'match'
>
>You could take the best of both queries:
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>substring(e.eono,1,1) LIKE '[0-9]'
>
>-Mike

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Yes it does. That's what it suppouse to do.
The same is true about your code substring(e.eono,1,1) LIKE '[0-9]'
What's your point?