Question

I usually write my WHERE clause like this:

WHERE (InvoiceTable.ClientName LIKE '%' + @ClientName + '%' )

But now I’d like to write a WHERE clause that will give me all the data that is less than an input, say for example 5. So if I want all the data with a PriceRatio of less than 5, my input into the textbox is 5.

How do I write this?

Answer 1

I think you want your where clause to be like so:

where priceratio < cast(@input_number as int)

Just be sure the data type is as you expect, for example if the input is always going to be an integer then the above will be fine unless it’s a large integer, and similarly with a decimal then the integer above in inappropriate.

See MSDN for details.