Mysql query using wildcards with like to search data

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i have a table billing and there from i need to search data in which invoice_no(its column name)should begin with a letter between a to e( a,b,c,d or e) and not beyond e.

here is the code i am trying to execute.

select COALESCE(sum(payable_amount),0.00) from billing where bill_date = '2013/12/05' and pay_mode = 'Cash' AND invoice_no  like '[a-eA-E]%'

billing table has data having invoice_no that begins with a,b and c as well. But this query returns me zero(0).

Is there any mistake in code writing. Plz help.

Posted 6-Jan-14 0:40am

Member 9822231

Updated 6-Jan-14 1:15am

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Learn this, it will solve your current problem and also future problem.
Regular Expression[^]

Posted 6-Jan-14 20:55pm

Mohibur Rashid

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Wombaticus 7-Jan-14 4:32am

I don't find the examples on that page the least bit enlightening. I'd be interested to see how you would use regexp in this case - that might help me learn how to use it!

[no name] 8-Jan-14 5:58am

where invoice_no REGEXP '[abcde]';

Wombaticus 8-Jan-14 6:28am

hmm.. don't think it's quite as simple as that, unfortunately. I just tried this on a table of my own and it returned all rows with an A,B,C,D or E somewhere within the target field, not just those beginning with one of these. I then tried
REGEXP '[ABCDE]*'
but still with no luck....

[no name] 8-Jan-14 7:08am

we can use second solution give by womb. here is the syntax i have tried, and it works fine.f_name is target field.

SELECT * FROM employee_member where LEFT(f_name, 1) in ('B');

[no name] 8-Jan-14 7:08am

we can use second solution give by womb. here is the syntax i have tried, and it works fine.f_name is target field.

SELECT * FROM employee_member where LEFT(f_name, 1) in ('B');

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Wombaticus · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-06T07:45:00

The LIKE operator in MySQL is not that versatile I'm afraid. There are a number of alternatives you can sue though:

SQL

select COALESCE(sum(payable_amount),0.00) from billing where bill_date = '2013/12/05' and pay_mode = 'Cash' AND ASCII(invoice_no) in (65,66,67,68,69)

or

SQL

select COALESCE(sum(payable_amount),0.00) from billing where bill_date = '2013/12/05' and pay_mode = 'Cash' AND LEFT(invoice_no, 1) in ('A','B','C','D','E')

Both of these will only match against the uppercase characters - you'll ned to add the relevant codes if you want to match lowercase as well.

There is also the REGEXP function, but damned if I can understand it ro get it to work,,,
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/regexp.html#operator_regexp[^]

Member 9822231 · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-07T23:59:00

Solution 3

select COALESCE(sum(payable_amount),0.00) from billing where bill_date = '2013/12/05' and pay_mode = 'Cash' and invoice_no REGEXP '[abcde]';

Posted 7-Jan-14 23:59pm