Re: [SQL] SELECT... BETWEEN 'P' and 'Z'

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> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to query a zip code database and pull all cities in a state in a
> range.
>
> According to the SQL tutorial that the pgsql site recommended, using
> "between" in your select should be "inclusive". However, my selects are
> including the first letter "p" through "y", and excluding "z".
>
> My SQL:
>
> select distinct on fld_city fld_city, fld_zip from tbl_zip_city where
> fld_state = 'IA' and fld_country='us' and (fld_city BETWEEN 'P' AND 'Z')
> ORDER BY fld_city ASC;
>
> Any suggestions on how I could get the cities that start with "Z" to be
> included here (P is included strangely enough)?

Tried it here:

    test=> create table test5(x char(50));
    CREATE
    test=> insert into test5 values ('P');
    INSERT 18665 1
    test=> insert into test5 values ('Z');
    INSERT 18666 1
    test=> insert into test5 values ('S');
    INSERT 18667 1
    test=> select * from test5 where x between 'P' and 'Z';
    x
    --------------------------------------------------
    P
    Z
    S
    (3 rows)

This is the 6.5 development tree, but should be the same on 6.4.*.

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