Looking for a string within a string
If you need to check whether an expression exists within a string, you can use the CHARINDEX()
function. This function returns the position of the expression you are searching within the string.
The syntax is:
CHARINDEX(expression_to_find, expression_to_search [, start_location])
In this exercise, you are going to use the voters
table to search for information about the voters whose names meet several conditions.
This exercise is part of the course
Functions for Manipulating Data in SQL Server
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
SELECT
first_name,
last_name,
email
FROM voters
-- Look for the "dan" expression in the first_name
WHERE ___ > 0;