Between clause...

Hi all, I need write a stored proc with a clause like "between like xxx AND
like xxx" so, I can't. Thats is, a stored proc that returns values between
two parameters that use wildcards (for instance "LIKE @.date").
Any Ideas. I read all the books and, I encounter information about BETWEEN
usage and LIKE usage, but not how to use BOTH in the same SP.
Thanks an avanceNando_uy wrote:
> Hi all, I need write a stored proc with a clause like "between like xxx AN
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> like xxx" so, I can't. Thats is, a stored proc that returns values between
> two parameters that use wildcards (for instance "LIKE @.date").
> Any Ideas. I read all the books and, I encounter information about BETWEEN
> usage and LIKE usage, but not how to use BOTH in the same SP.
> Thanks an avance
Depends on what your LIKE clause is and what the desired result is. It
seems to me that "between" two wildcards would only make sense for a
limited number of cases. For example:
CREATE tbl (col VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL, ...);
SELECT col FROM tbl
WHERE col LIKE '[a-c]%';
could be rewritten as:
..
WHERE col >= 'a' AND col < 'd';
but this is obviously different from:
..
WHERE col BETWEEN 'a' AND 'c';
Could you give a better explanation of what you want to achieve please.
David Portas, SQL Server MVP
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--|||Can you post the query. Seems very interesting.|||hi all, the query seems like this:
ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.Prueba_Entre
(@.vI nchar(100),
@.vF nchar(100))
AS SELECT Codigo_TSA, Id_Producto, Nombre_Emp, Ingresos, Egresos
FROM dbo.Vista_Prueba
WHERE (Codigo_TSA BETWEEN @.vI AND @.vF)
I want to substitute the parameters @.vI, @.vF for something like this:
LIKE @.vI AND LIKE @.vI, since I need that the parameters accept wildcards (%)
.
I currently use SQL server 2000 and, for simplicity use ACCESS 2003 to
graphically design the SP.
In other words, I need to retrieve values between two parameters, both MUST
accept wildcards, It's possible?
"Omnibuzz" wrote:

> Can you post the query. Seems very interesting.|||Thanks for the input.
But we need to know the functionality behind using the like operator.
Because from my experience, I would say it is logically wrong in any
situation to use like and between in the following cases
(pseudo code, of course :)
col1 between like '%abc%' and like '%xyz%'
of course if you want it to be compared between something like
'%abc' and '%xyz'
or
'abc%' and 'xyz%'
then you can use something like this in the where condition.
left(col1,3) between 'abc' and 'xyz' -- actually you don't even need the
left operator in this case
or
right(col1,3) between 'abc' and 'xyz'
Boy.. lack of info leads to lots of typing :)
Hope this helps.|||thanks for you time, the case is: I have a product table, I want to retrieve
a range of these by product code, ie: 10xxxx to 25xxx, because I want the
user have the facility to write ONLY the first characters of product code to
establish the range
I it's possible?
Thanks
"Omnibuzz" wrote:

> Thanks for the input.
> But we need to know the functionality behind using the like operator.
> Because from my experience, I would say it is logically wrong in any
> situation to use like and between in the following cases
> (pseudo code, of course :)
> col1 between like '%abc%' and like '%xyz%'
> of course if you want it to be compared between something like
> '%abc' and '%xyz'
> or
> 'abc%' and 'xyz%'
> then you can use something like this in the where condition.
> left(col1,3) between 'abc' and 'xyz' -- actually you don't even need the
> left operator in this case
> or
> right(col1,3) between 'abc' and 'xyz'
> Boy.. lack of info leads to lots of typing :)
> Hope this helps.
>
>|||Is it an integer column or a char column (or does the column hold integer
values only?).
And do they always enter the first 2 digits? or it can be 1 or 3 digits?
"Nando_uy" wrote:
> thanks for you time, the case is: I have a product table, I want to retrie
ve
> a range of these by product code, ie: 10xxxx to 25xxx, because I want the
> user have the facility to write ONLY the first characters of product code
to
> establish the range
> I it's possible?
> Thanks
> "Omnibuzz" wrote:
>|||thanks Omnibuzz, it's a character column and until now I don't decide the
numbers of characters the user input, but say, 2 characters will be fine!!!
Looks better?
"Omnibuzz" wrote:
> Is it an integer column or a char column (or does the column hold integer
> values only?).
> And do they always enter the first 2 digits? or it can be 1 or 3 digits?
>
> "Nando_uy" wrote:
>|||Anyways.. check this out..
create table #temp( a varchar(10))
insert into #temp
select '12ewew'
union all
select '13rere'
union all
select '23dds'
union all
select '26rerere'
union all
select '2454cdfd'
select * from #temp where a between '12' and '25'
Hope this helps.|||David Portas (REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas@.acm.org) writes:
> Depends on what your LIKE clause is and what the desired result is. It
> seems to me that "between" two wildcards would only make sense for a
> limited number of cases. For example:
> CREATE tbl (col VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL, ...);
> SELECT col FROM tbl
> WHERE col LIKE '[a-c]%';
> could be rewritten as:
> ...
> WHERE col >= 'a' AND col < 'd';
Maybe, but it would not necessarily generate the same result:
CREATE TABLE #tmp (a varchar(19) COLLATE Finnish_Swedish_CS_AS NOT NULL)
go
INSERT #tmp(a) VALUES ('Annichen')
INSERT #tmp(a) VALUES ('avfallskvarn')
INSERT #tmp(a) VALUES ('Beatrice')
INSERT #tmp(a) VALUES ('betongarbetare')
INSERT #tmp(a) VALUES ('Cecilia')
INSERT #tmp(a) VALUES ('citrusfrukt')
INSERT #tmp(a) VALUES ('Daneiella')
INSERT #tmp(a) VALUES ('daggfuktig')
go
SELECT a FROM #tmp WHERE a LIKE '[a-c]%' -- five rows
SELECT a FROM #tmp WHERE a >= 'a' AND a < 'd' -- six rows
go
DROP TABLE #tmp
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@.sommarskog.se
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