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How to combine 2 conditions in search LIKE

tuanbs

16y4.1k

Search LIKE is correct in 2 following cases:
1. select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName LIKE 'a%'
2. select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName LIKE '_a%'
Note: (_) is blank.
But now I want to search LIKE use both 2 conditions above with records of condition 1 come first, then records of condition 2 come next. I try:
select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName like 'a%' OR Orders.ShipName LIKE '%_a%'
But records mixed up each other between 2 conditions. Please give me a solution. Thanks a lot.

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Venkatesan Jayakantham16y ago
You can use Union operator to achieve it.

select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName LIKE 'a%'
union
select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName LIKE '_a%'
Cheers,
Venkatesan Prabu .Jhttp://venkattechnicalblog.blogspot.com/
Amit Choudhary16y ago
hi friend,

Try nested query... first fetch the result on basis of your first condition and then pass this result to outer query with second condition.. and your problem will be solved.
```
Select Orders.ShipName from (select Orders.ShipName from Orders where 
Orders.ShipName LIKE 'a%') where  Orders.ShipName LIKE '_a%'
```
See if it works for you.

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