Optimize SQL LIKE Wildcard Searches
Learn about different ways to improve the performance of full wild card text searches to find strings in SQL Server tables.
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Examples and Function for Using SQL Server LIKE Operator and Wildcard Characters
In this tip we look at different examples of how to use the LIKE operator to get the correct results when strings contain wildcard characters. We will also look a function to make this easier to do.
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Subqueries II
What is wrong (if anything) with this code?
SELECT *
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
WHERE customerid IN (SELECT soh.CustomerID
FROM Sales.Customer AS C
WHERE soh.CurrencyRateID = 1
ORDER BY c.ModifiedDate)
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