string comparison query

2003-12-07 Thread Alex Khordos
Hello All I have two tables Table: 1 +---+--+ | city | zip_code | +---+--+ | New York | 12354| | New York | 12355| | New York | 12356| | New York | 12357| | New York | 12358| | New York | 12359| | New York | 12353|

Re: string comparison query

2003-12-07 Thread Chris Elsworth
On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 12:11:21AM -0500, Alex Khordos wrote: I am trying to work out the query to retrieve city name based on the zip code in the second table. How can I compare two strings? I tried LIKE in my query but it did not work. Use SUBSTRING to cut down the extended zipcode to 5