Monday, August 24, 2009

Databases cont.

WHERE, LIKE - are filters

Relational Operators - use to evaluate if the condition is true
>
<
<>
>=
<=
=

Array:
Dim strSQLStrings() As String = {"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests", _
"SELECT [Travel Cost]FROM ApprovedTravelRequests", _
"SELECT [Travel Cost], [Location] FROM ApprovedTravelRequests", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE Location = 'Richmond, VA'", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE Location LIKE 'R%'", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE Location LIKE '%R'", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE [Last Name] LIKE 'S%'"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE [Last Name] LIKE 'RA%'", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE [Last Name] LIKE '%LAS'", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE [Travel Cost] > 1000", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE [Travel Cost] < 1000", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE [First Name] = 'Janet' And [Last Name] = 'Dunford'", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE [First Name] = 'Janet' Or [Last Name] = 'Tirrell'", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE Location = 'Chicago, Illinois' And [Purpose For Travel] = 'Financial Seminar'", _
"SELECT * FROM ApprovedTravelRequests WHERE Location = 'Chicago, Illinois' Or [Purpose For Travel] = 'Financial Seminar'"}
' Anything in ' ' is case sensitive
' 'R%' brings up locations starting with R,
' %R' brings up locations ending in R,
' %A% brings up locations starting & ending with A
' Use [ ] where a space has been inserted in name
' % is a wildcard - fills in for fuzzy characters
' >= is a relational operator to
' logical operators AND OR to combine fields for search
% is a wild card character - fills in for other characters
Use [ ] where a space has been inserted in name
Anything in quotes is case sensitive

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