Thread: using output of a subselect in LIKE/ILIKE

using output of a subselect in LIKE/ILIKE

From

Rajesh Kumar Mallah

Date:

11 April 2002, 13:01:58

Hi  folks, <p>I need to do something like : <p><tt>SELECT  branch from  branches</tt><br /><tt>where outstation
like</tt><br/><tt>SELECT  city from users  join personal_account_details</tt><br /><tt>using(userid)  where
email='ratans@cal.vsnl.com'</tt><tt></tt><p>Theabove does not work for obvious reasons , but can anyone help me <br
/>withthe right SQL? <br />  <p>regds <br />Rajesh Kumar Mallah. <br />  <br />  <br />

Re: using output of a subselect in LIKE/ILIKE

From

Jeff Eckermann

Date:

11 April 2002, 13:52:15

SELECT  branch from  branches 
where outstation like 
(SELECT  city from users  join
personal_account_details 
using(userid)  where email='ratans@cal.vsnl.com') ||
'%' 


--- Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah@trade-india.com>
wrote:
> Hi  folks,
> 
> I need to do something like :
> 
> SELECT  branch from  branches
> where outstation like
> SELECT  city from users  join
> personal_account_details
> using(userid)  where email='ratans@cal.vsnl.com'
> 
> The above does not work for obvious reasons , but
> can anyone help me
> with the right SQL?
> 
> 
> regds
> Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Re: using output of a subselect in LIKE/ILIKE

From

Rajesh Kumar Mallah

Date:

11 April 2002, 14:15:33

thanks Jeff it worked !

after adding  a  '%' ||  after LIKE  though :-)

WORKING SQL:

SELECT  branch from  branches  where outstation ilike '%' ||  (SELECT  city
from users  join  personal_account_details  using(userid)  where
email='ratans@cal.vsnl.com') || '%';



Jeff Eckermann wrote:

> SELECT  branch from  branches
> where outstation like
> (SELECT  city from users  join
> personal_account_details
> using(userid)  where email='ratans@cal.vsnl.com') ||
> '%'
>
> --- Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah@trade-india.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi  folks,
> >
> > I need to do something like :
> >
> > SELECT  branch from  branches
> > where outstation like
> > SELECT  city from users  join
> > personal_account_details
> > using(userid)  where email='ratans@cal.vsnl.com'
> >
> > The above does not work for obvious reasons , but
> > can anyone help me
> > with the right SQL?
> >
> >
> > regds
> > Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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