Re: Like clause queries

>>>>> "Sam" == Sam <samevan_at_hotmail.com> writes:

 Sam> I have two queries select T1_Field1 from T1 where T1_Field2 like  Sam> "deptname"

 Sam> select * from T2 where T2_Field2 like T1_Field1

 Sam> Is there anyway to combine these two queries to one?

Not sure exactly what you are after here. However, reading between the lines I'll have a couple of guesses.

1. You use 'like' - do you really mean like or do you mean '='. Like is used when you want to use wildcard matching (e.g. _ and %). As you don't have any of these in your query, I suspect you might just want =
2. If what you are trying to do is join the two tables and your column datatypes are the same and you want a result like

        T1.T1_field1, T2.T2_field1, ..., T2_fieldN    

   then what you MIGHT be after is just a join between the two tables    based on T2.Field2 and T1.Field1

select T1.T1_field1, T2.T2_Field1, .., T2.T2_FieldN from T1, T2
where T2.T2_Field2 = T1.T1_Field1
and T1.T1_Field2 = 'depname';

   If you have NULLs in either of your joining fields, you may need to    look into how to do an outer join.

Tim

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