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I have some sql like

Select * 
from bti.table
where
field between start and stop
and field1 is null
and (field2 like 'HH%' or field2 like 'HS%' or field2 like 'SS%')

I only get results like HH%. What gives? Is there an alternate way to do this? I could make 3 separate queries and combine the results but that would be slow and clunky.

version is 16.0.0.2213

thanks

asked 29 Aug '18, 14:31

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edited 29 Aug '18, 15:16

I cannot reproduce that behavior. Please confirm the version and build you are testing. I tested the following query against the demo database:

select * from employees where StartDate between '1900-01-01' and '2019-01-10' and TerminationDate is null and (City like 'CH%' or City like 'CO%' or City like 'WA%')

In the results, I get the following cities: Charlottetown, Cornwall, Wakefield, Waterdown, and Waterloo

(29 Aug '18, 14:51) Chris Keating

version is 16.0.0.2213

(29 Aug '18, 15:16) josephcraw

I'm an idiot. The issue was there was nothing that met the criteria for the other likes. Sorry

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answered 29 Aug '18, 15:25

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Don't worry about it... you did the right thing by posting a question, sometimes that's the path to epiphany :)

(29 Aug '18, 16:11) Breck Carter
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