• Jack I am sorry it worked with your example, but when I worked with my test data its not working.. I should return only 1st 5 records but its returning more..could you please help me resolve this issue

    here is my test data

    IF OBJECT_ID('dbo.#frUser_Copy') IS NOT NULL

    BEGIN

    DROP TABLE #frUser_Copy

    END

    CREATE TABLE #frUser_Copy

    (

    UserName VARCHAR(25)

    )

    Go

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('shashi>')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('sh>shashi')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('shashi"&')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('shash?34')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('sh&&?34')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('22jsnell')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('71jsnell')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('71rowens')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('99jsnell')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('abcrep')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('abcuser')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('acctrep01')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('acctrep1')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('Admin')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('Andrew')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('ANewUser')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('asingh')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('askillmeyer')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('B2BFiler10')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('BEHenri')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('BEOnlineAcct01')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('bermudafiler')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('BEtesting')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('bhanup')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('bhartmere')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('bhetju')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('bhetjun')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('bhetjunk')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('bhetland')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('BillBradley')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('bmorgan')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('bpersha')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('ccharlier')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('ccharlier01')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('ccharlierext')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('cici11')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('ClaudiaOrg')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('cmylavarapu')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('crcharlier')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('CTCorp')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('CTCorpJR')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('cvanroy')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('cvanroy1')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('ddiacont')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('dmacd')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('dmacdougall')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('dmason')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('dmasononline2')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('dmasononline3')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('dsingh')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('ebarnard')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('Elisa42')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('eottesen')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('ExternalFiler01')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('externalrole')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('FileOneAdmin')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('FM14Test')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('general')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('gilligan')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('guestuser')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('hbali')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('henrithomas')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('HermeetBali123')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('hthomas')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('hthomas1')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('internaluser')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('jhenderson01')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('jjones')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('jjonesalt1')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('jjonesalternate')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('jjonesext2')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('jjonesexternal')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('jjonesexternal1')

    INSERT INTO #frUser_Copy([UserName])VALUES ('jjonesformer')

    SELECT

    *

    FROM

    #frUser_Copy

    WHERE

    [UserName] LIKE '%[^a-z]%' AND

    [UserName] LIKE '%[^0-9]%' AND

    [UserName] LIKE '%[^A-Z]%'