basic query question

Not sure if i am asking this the right way but -

Can anyone tell me what the symbol is for 'contains' instead of 'equals' ?.

i.e

SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email = '@'

I need to change this to

SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email CONTAINS '@'

"Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in
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> Not sure if i am asking this the right way but -
>
> Can anyone tell me what the symbol is for 'contains' instead of
> 'equals' ?.
>
> i.e
>
> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email = '@'
>
> I need to change this to
>
> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email CONTAINS '@'

SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email LIKE '%@%'

"Good Man" <heyho@letsgo.com> wrote in message
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> "Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in
> news:1261grak0kond78@corp.supernews.com:
>
>> Not sure if i am asking this the right way but -
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what the symbol is for 'contains' instead of
>> 'equals' ?.
>>
>> i.e
>>
>> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email = '@'
>>
>> I need to change this to
>>
>> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email CONTAINS '@'
>
> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email LIKE '%@%'
>


thank you, i tried LIKE but was missing %


question. can you think of a query to show me the email field that has
content but not containing the @ symbol

ie. SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email = something but excluding @

"Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in
news:1261ijbo0v2m1ac@corp.supernews.com:

>>> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email = '@'
>>>
>>> I need to change this to
>>>
>>> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email CONTAINS '@'
>>
>> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email LIKE '%@%'
>>
>
>
> thank you, i tried LIKE but was missing %
>
>
> question. can you think of a query to show me the email field that
> has content but not containing the @ symbol
>
> ie. SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email = something but excluding @

my guess (not tested) would be:

SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email NOT LIKE '%@%'

"Good Man" <heyho@letsgo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns97BE84974F998sonicyouth@216.196.97.131...
> "Mike" <me@privacy.net> wrote in
> news:1261ijbo0v2m1ac@corp.supernews.com:
>
>>>> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email = '@'
>>>>
>>>> I need to change this to
>>>>
>>>> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email CONTAINS '@'
>>>
>>> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email LIKE '%@%'
>>>
>>
>>
>> thank you, i tried LIKE but was missing %
>>
>>
>> question. can you think of a query to show me the email field that
>> has content but not containing the @ symbol
>>
>> ie. SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email = something but excluding @
>
> my guess (not tested) would be:
>
> SELECT * FROM datasearch WHERE email NOT LIKE '%@%'
>

ok thx. that would show all the blank rows to though. i need to find a
way to show the rows with something entered but exclude the @ or exclude
both the empty and @.
its got me stumped

You need to add the bit about there being 'something' in the field -
so;

SELECT email1address FROM contacts WHERE email1address NOT LIKE '%@%'
AND email1address NOT LIKE '' ;

"strawberry" <zac.carey@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> You need to add the bit about there being 'something' in the field -
> so;
>
> SELECT email1address FROM contacts WHERE email1address NOT LIKE '%@%'
> AND email1address NOT LIKE '' ;
>

thats the one thank you