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Smillsie
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 Substring Query SQL
SQL, SQL Server query optimization
Hi All, I'm trying to build a query to join names in one table to abbreviated names in another table. So for example I have - Harry Harold Harrison on one table, but in the other table I have just Har, this can vary in length so does anyone know how I can sum the amount of Har names with the total from the other table bearing in mind the data could be Fred for frederick, freddy etc, Kind Regards, Stuart Mills

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ASKED: March 30, 2010  12:44 AM
UPDATED: March 30, 2010  1:53 PM
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I figured this out in the end, something like - SELECT SUBSTRING(a.name, 1, LEN(b.NamePrefix)) AS Expr1, COUNT(a.name) AS Expr2, b.NamePrefix FROM Customers a INNER JOIN NamePrefixes b ON b.NamePrefix = SUBSTRING(a.name, 1, LEN(b.NamePrefix)) Gives me a count of names beginning with the matches in the nameprefixes table. So if nameprefixes table has fred in it and names contains Fred, Frederick, Freddy, I get Fred and 3 as the count. Thanks for showing an interest anyway
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Could you provide some example data and the results you would want to get ?

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