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How do you select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" starts with an "a" with SQL?

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O. Bickis

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Answered Oct 08, 2020

The SQL like clause is used to compare a value to similar values using wild card operators. SQL is a domain-specific language employed in programming and intended for managing data held in a national database management system. It is particularly useful in regulating structured data.

SQL introduced the notion of retrieving many records with one single command. When trying to select records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" starts with a SQL, SELECT, FROM, Persons, WHERE, FirstName LIKE a %.

The percent symbol is utilized to determine a position for any character value. For example, if you want to see users' records that have characters in FirstName after the first character.

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M. Jabrowsky

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Answered Sep 28, 2020

The SQL LIKE clause is made use to relate value to comparable values using wildcard operators. Each time you want to look for records in a table based on certain string patterns such as the operator is the appropriate way to deal with this kind of query.

A similar operator will screen the records on the basis of the string pattern stated by you with the assistance of two wildcard operators like % and _.

% (percent symbol) is made use of to discover any number of characters in the string, such as your case; we can only make use of the above wildcard operator in the following mode.
Select * from persons where FirstName like a%;

(underscore) _ is made use to indicate a position for any character value like in a situation where you want to discover the records of the users that have two characters in FirstName after first character a. so you can carry it out as shown
Select * from persons where FirstName like a_;

The query above will produce you with records of persons that have three-character staring with a.

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Answered Sep 20, 2020

The SQL like clause is used to compare a value to similar values using wildcard operators.

• Whenever you want to find records in a table based on some specific pattern, like operator will filter the documents with the assistance of the wildcard operators, which are % and_ percent symbol.

• It is utilized to uncover any number of characters in the pattern.

• You will only employ the operator in the following way.

• Select * from persons where the first name like a percent.

• Underscore is used to identify a location for any character value.

• In the situation where you want to find the records of the users possessing two characters in the first name like a_, so above query will provide you with records of people having three characters first name starting with a.

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Answered Sep 07, 2020

The correct answer to this question SELECT FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE a%. This question is related to SQL, which is a computing language. The purpose of the language is to communicate with other databases.

This communication is useful in databases, for it is helpful to perform various types of tasks. The tasks can be different types of things, like making folders for clients. Another type of task that can be done is to organize types of data. Many companies make use of this computing language because they need to organize a lump sum of information or data that may be too large to do manually.

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Answered Dec 14, 2018

When trying to select all the records from a table named "Persons" where the value of the column "FirstName" starts with an 'a' with SQL, SELECT FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE a%. This answer is from the SQL Practice Test section.

SQL is a version of computing language used to communicate with databases in order to perform different tasks. These tasks can range from creating different folders for different clients to any other kind of data organization task. This is commonly used in companies which need to sort large amounts of data or information.

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John Smith

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Answered Nov 17, 2016

SELECT * FROM Persons WHERE FirstName LIKE a%
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