Posted by Hugo Kornelis on 09/30/86 11:16

On 18 May 2005 08:01:46 -0700, ashok.anbalan@gmail.com wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I am new to writing SQL queries in MS SQL & would like to do the
>following: Write a query to retrieve all strings that start with a
>particular value.
>
>Basically, I am looking for the SQL equivalent of the regex "^".
>
>Thanks,
>Ashok

Hi Ashok,

Assuming they need to start with 'a':

SELECT Column list
FROM MyTable
WHERE TheStringColumn LIKE 'a%'

Best, Hugo
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