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harry_johnson_4_you_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> Something else I found out that is interesting.  If I do
>
> Select * from myDB where column2 like '2_' it works just fine.
>
> So in the same table, if I wildcard a different column, it works.
> Details for the column I am having problems with are...
>
> TABLE_NAME		CALLDETAIL
> COLUMN_NAME		CALLDATA_D
> DATA_TYPE		CHAR
> DATA_LENGTH		7
> NULLABLE		Y
> COLUMN_ID		30
> CHARACTER_SET_NAME	CHAR_CS
> GLOBAL_STATS		NO
> USER_STATS		NO
> CHAR_LENGTH		7
> CHAR_USED		B
> V80_FMT_IMAGE		NO
> DATA_UPGRADED		YES
>
> I noticed that the underscore wildcard works for number columns and not
> for char columns.
>
> I will try Maxim Demenko suggestion and update.
How can a CHAR(7) column ever be two characters long? Received on Thu Oct 19 2006 - 16:56:52 CDT
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