RE: SQL SELECT with Similar Terms

With tbl as (select 1 as cnt,
case fld
when ':Rattan:' then 'Rattan'
when ':Traditional:' then 'Traditional'
when ':Contemporary:' then 'Contemporary'
--other 5 alternates
else fld
end as style
)
Select style, sum(cnt) from tbl

Does that work?

Charles

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:34 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: SQL SELECT with Similar Terms

1. It can (and will) be any name, though there are a limited
number of names...like 8 'unique' ones.
2. The colon is the only punctuation.

On 8/17/07, Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Michael

Question 1. is :Rattan:
the only name beginning and ending with :
or can it really be any name?
Question 2.
Is : the only thing to be concerned with? For example, could there
also be names like ;Rattan;?


Alan Shore

NBTY, Inc
(631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
AShore@xxxxxxxx
"If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 08/17/2007 09:18:07 AM:

Anyone know how to do this? I have data that looks like this:

Rattan
Traditional
:Rattan:
Contemporary

I'd like to produce a list like

Rattan 2
Traditional 1
Contemporary 1

The 'extra' search result with the colons around it should be the
same as the search result without the colons.

Thanks...
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