Question

Here is what I was thinking, I know that in this field, the first word will always be at least 2 characters long.

Select *  
From Table!
where SUBSTRING(Name, 1, 3) like '[A-Z]'

However, this is bringing back non capital letters any ideas?

Answer 1

Select ...
From MyTable
Where Name Not Like '%[^A-Z]%' Collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS

It should be noted that this will also exclude numbers and characters outside A-Z. If you wanted non-Latin upper case characters included, you really need to use the Upper function along with a Collate predicate:

Select ...
From MyTable
Where Name = Upper(Name) Collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS

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Test script:

With TestData As
    (
    Select '012324' As Name
    Union All Select 'ABC'
    Union All Select 'abc'
    Union All Select 'aBc'
    Union All Select 'ABé'
    Union All Select 'ABÉ'
    )
Select *
From TestData
Where Name = UPPER(Name) Collate SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS

Results:

012324
ABC
ABÉ