Question

For example, if I have a table like this

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| id     | year      |
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| 1      | 01-JAN-95 |
| 2      | 01-JAN-96 |
| 3      | 01-JAN-97 |
| 4      | 02-JAN-97 |
| 5      | 03-JAN-97 |
----------------------

…and I wanted to select everything that is not from the year 1997, how would I do this?

I know I can do:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE year not like '%97';

But is there a more efficient way?

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM table WHERE YEAR(year) <> '1997'

// fixed logic