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KabirPatel
Yak Posting Veteran
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 Posted - 2007-08-23 : 10:33:55
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| Hi,I would like to extract all records from a table that have non alpha numeric characters (such as £, $, % etc...).What is the easiest way to do this?Thanks in advance,Kabir |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2007-08-23 : 10:51:08
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select * from table1 where col1 like '%[^a-z]%'
E 12°55'05.25"N 56°04'39.16" |
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KabirPatel
Yak Posting Veteran
54 Posts |
Posted - 2007-08-23 : 11:02:29
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| That works fine, except that I still get records with numbers.I tried:select * from table1 where col1 like '%[^a-z]%[^0-9]%'but it didnt work. Any ideas? |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2007-08-23 : 11:08:21
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You wrote "alphanumeric" characters...select * from table1 where col1 like '%[^a-z0-9]%'
E 12°55'05.25"N 56°04'39.16" |
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KabirPatel
Yak Posting Veteran
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Posted - 2007-08-23 : 11:36:01
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| Thanks |
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