SELECT * FROM employee WHERE empname LIKE 'P%'
the above would work only if you want to search for people w/ names starting
w/ P
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcelo Pereira" <gandalf@sum.desktop.com.br>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 5:23 AM
Subject: Select
> Hi All,
>
> I'm in trouble to build a select...
> I have a table (for example) like this:
>
>
> Table: Employee
> empCod | empName | empDepth
> ---------+-----------+-----------
> 1 | Anand | any
> 2 | Oliver | any
> 3 | Peter | any
> 4 | Bob | any
> 5 | David | any
> 6 | Paul | any
>
> Now I would like to select all employees which name begins with the letter
> "P".....
>
> > Select * from employee where "name-begin-with-letter-P".... :-)
>
> How can I do it ???
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Marcelo Pereira
> Unicamp - Brazil
>
>
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