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Old 08-07-08, 01:10
vivek_witty vivek_witty is offline
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How to find numeric field in char coloumn

Hi ,

I have to select the column where the filed is alphanumeric .More precisely, if I have a column
Name
Abca
Abs123
Asb1323
At156bc

My query should give last three values where the value alphanumeric.

Please help me.
TIA
Vivek
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Old 08-07-08, 04:13
umayer umayer is offline
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Try this:

SELECT ...
FROM table ...

WHERE column ^= TRANSLATE (column , 'xxxxxxxxxx','0123456789' )
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