Message-Id: <10624.117340@fatcity.com> From: Diana Duncan Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:41:02 -0400 Subject: RE: Pattern maching question If you have OWA, the owa_pattern package is very good for this stuff. I don't know why they haven't made that one into a regular dbms_ or utl_ package yet. If you can, steal that package! -----Original Message----- From: Glenn Travis [mailto:Glenn.Travis@wcom.com] Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 6:41 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Pattern maching question How can I get all the contacts which start with numbers? PLEASE NOTE: contact_name is a character field. select contact_name from contact where contact_name like '[0-9]%' does not work (like other dbms...) My workaround is; select contact_name from contact where contact_name < 'A' but I want to know the proper syntax for the first query. -- Author: Glenn Travis INET: Glenn.Travis@wcom.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).