[Microsoft][ODBC Sql Server Driver][Sql Server]Line1: Incorrect Sy

Hi,
I am using SQL server 2000. One of the tables in it has become really large
so i tried to use a sql query to view only a certain rows. I used the
following query:
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE Company= X
When i verified the syntax , it verified correctly. Buy when i tried to run
the query i got the error msg box :: [Microsoft][ODBC Sql Server Dr
iver][Sql
Server]Line1: Invalid column name X .
But a column with the company value as X exists!
Also when i tried to use a little different query:: SELECT * FROM TABLE
WHERE Company LIKE s % , then i get the same error but the end part of the
error message says Incorrect Syntax Near %
Why is this happening?
--
pmudIt's a string, you need string delimiters.
WHERE Company='X'
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"pmud" <pmud@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am using SQL server 2000. One of the tables in it has become really
large
> so i tried to use a sql query to view only a certain rows. I used the
> following query:
> SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE Company= X
> When i verified the syntax , it verified correctly. Buy when i tried to
run
> the query i got the error msg box :: [Microsoft][ODBC Sql Server
Driver][Sql
> Server]Line1: Invalid column name X .
> But a column with the company value as X exists!
> Also when i tried to use a little different query:: SELECT * FROM TABLE
> WHERE Company LIKE s % , then i get the same error but the end part of
the
> error message says Incorrect Syntax Near %
> Why is this happening?
> --
> pmud|||you need single quotes around all character fields
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE Company= 'X'
SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE Company LIKE 's %'
-Andre
"pmud" <pmud@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A17DE491-DF25-47D0-BBA4-F84A2FE6602A@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I am using SQL server 2000. One of the tables in it has become really
> large
> so i tried to use a sql query to view only a certain rows. I used the
> following query:
> SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE Company= X
> When i verified the syntax , it verified correctly. Buy when i tried to
> run
> the query i got the error msg box :: [Microsoft][ODBC Sql Server
> Driver][Sql
> Server]Line1: Invalid column name X .
> But a column with the company value as X exists!
> Also when i tried to use a little different query:: SELECT * FROM TABLE
> WHERE Company LIKE s % , then i get the same error but the end part of
> the
> error message says Incorrect Syntax Near %
> Why is this happening?
> --
> pmud