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Databases Querying Relational Databases Set Operations Set Operations

Posted by Jimmy Nguyen
Jimmy Nguyen
8,895 Points

why doesnt this query work in bringing back distinct fruits and veggies starting with letters A-K?

SELECT Name FROM Fruit WHERE Name LIKE "[A-K]%" UNION SELECT Name FROM Vegetable WHERE Name LIKE "[A-K]%";

1 Answer

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

It seems the DB doesn't like RegExp operations.

The technique to use is found near the 4:00 mark in the Union Operations Lesson. This is to use the less than operator ("<") and we want anything that begins with a letter less than 'L'.