I really had no idea you could use [brackets] the way you can in a SQL Server “LIKE” clause.
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September 1, 2006 at 12:07 pm
rudy
brackets only in microsoft t-sql
mysql has even better capabilities, using regular expressions
nice to see you’re still thinking sql, after all these years, joe
;o)
September 1, 2006 at 12:09 pm
Joe Crawford
I really like MySQL too, and I’ve used those in some of my software too.
Nice to know you’re still out there rude-boy!