Question

I have a SQL Server database. I want to count number of rows where the id starts from 1112 .
(id is string and its format in data base is nchar(7))

I have 20 rows that start from 1112 like 1112000, 1112001, 1112002,….

But when I write this query returns 0!.

SELECT COUNT(*) AS num
FROM table
WHERE (id LIKE '1112*')

Answer 1

You should use % instead of *.

SELECT        COUNT(*) AS num
FROM           table
WHERE        (id LIKE '1112%')

LIKE (Transact-SQL)