How to combine 2 conditions in search LIKE

Question

Search LIKE is correct in 2 following cases:
1. select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName LIKE 'a%'
2. select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName LIKE '_a%'
Note: (_) is blank.
But now I want to search LIKE use both 2 conditions above with records of condition 1 come first, then records of condition 2 come next. I try:
select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName like 'a%' OR Orders.ShipName LIKE '%_a%'
But records mixed up each other between 2 conditions. Please give me a solution. Thanks a lot.

Venkatesan Jayakantham · Answer

You can use Union operator to achieve it. select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName LIKE 'a%' union select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName LIKE '_a%' Cheers Venkatesan Prabu .J http://venkattechnicalblog.blogspot.com/

Amit Choudhary · Answer

hi friend Try nested query... first fetch the result on basis of your first condition and then pass this result to outer query with second condition.. and your problem will be solved. Select Orders.ShipName from ( select Orders.ShipName from Orders where Orders.ShipName LIKE 'a%') where Orders.ShipName LIKE '_a%' See if it works for you. Please mark Do you like this post if it helps you.