[thelist] Numerical Wildcard in SQL

[Tab Alleman]

I didn't understand your bottom line description of the problem, but you can use SUBSTRING to get each individual character in a varchar field, and use BETWEEN to test whether it's 0-9.

At least that's what I think you're asking in the first sentence... 

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> Hi,
> 
> Is there something you can use in the like clause that will match 5
> numerical digits. The closest thing I've come up with so far is where
> field like '_____'. Bottom line, I'm trying to cross the 
> customer's zip
> code to our preferred warehouse locations. We have the entire table of
> zip code ranges linked to ware house locations. There's no 
> "ID" to link
> the two tables together, so I'm linking a range of values together. 
> 
> Gracias,
> 
> 
> Rob Smith
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