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How To write a query to get all Names without starting with an alphabet

I want to write a query on emp database, where the First character of empname should not be a letter. i.e., it can either be a number or special character.
Mar 13 '07 #1
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dorinbogdan
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Include other allowed special chars inside of [_0-9], and try:
Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. select * from emp where empname like '[_0-9]%'
Mar 13 '07 #2

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