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Khadar Basha Shaik
1,828 PointsHelp with this sql query
There are two tables Fruit and Vegetable table. The Fruit table has a FruitID and a Name column and the Vegetable table has a VegetableID and Name column. Create a list of all fruits and vegetables starting with the letters A through K . In other words all fruit and vegetables that don't start with the letter L to Z.
4 Answers
Mark Gallen
Courses Plus Student 17,223 PointsSELECT Name FROM Fruit WHERE Name BETWEEN "A" AND "L" UNION SELECT Name FROM Vegetable WHERE Name BETWEEN "A" AND "L";
The trick here is that a you either need to use L because K in name is evaluated as greater than in the word. Confusing the first time you see it.
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsYou could make your range exclusive of what you don't want.
Mark's idea will work, but only because there's no item named "L". The catch to using BETWEEN is that it is inclusive of both limits.
But an even better idea might be to count on "A" already being the "minimum" possible and then testing for less than the limit:
SELECT Name FROM Fruit WHERE Name < "L" UNION SELECT Name FROM Vegetable WHERE Name < "L";
Sean Flanagan
33,235 PointsIs there no Best Answer button to click? It's just that I tried Steven's solution and it worked.
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsEveryone can up-vote and down-vote, but only the person who originally posted the question has a "best answer" option.
Sean Flanagan
33,235 PointsI understand. Thanks Steven! :)