I'm doing a query to bring back all the email addresses of our clients that live in Scotland
currently the postcode column has the full length postcode 'YO7 4LL'
Below is the query iv tried to use
SELECT cast(left(postcode) as varchar),email
from dbo.SubscriberList
WHERE Postcode in (
'AB1','AB2','AB23','AB3','AB30','AB31','AB32','AB33','AB34','AB35','AB36','AB41',
'AB42','AB43','AB44','AB45','AB51','AB52','AB53','AB54','AB55','DD10','DD9',
'FK17','G82','G83','G84','PA20','PA21','PA22','PA23','PA24','PA25','PA26','PA27',
'PA28','PA29','PA30','PA31','PA32','PA33','PA34','PA35','PA36','PA37','PA38','PA41',
'PA42','PA43','PA44','PA45','PA46','PA47','PA48','PA49','PA60','PA61','PA62','PA63',
'PA64','PA65','PA66','PA67','PA68','PA70','PA71','PA72','PA73','PA74','PA75','PA76',
'PA77','PA78','DG7','KA1','KA10','KA11','KA12','KA13','KA14','KA15','KA16','KA17',
'KA18','KA19','KA2',
'KA20','KA21','KA22','KA23','KA24','KA25','KA26','KA27','KA28','KA29','KA3','KA30','KA4',
'KA5','KA6','KA7','KA8','KA9','PA17','FK10','FK11','FK12','FK13','FK14',
'DG1','DG10','DG11','DG12','DG13','DG14','DG16','DG2','DG3','DG4','DG5',
'DG6','DG7','DG8','DG9','KA6','ML12',
'G60','G61','G62','G64','G65','G66','G81','G82','G83','DD1','DD2','DD3','DD5',
'EH21','EH22','EH31','EH32','EH33','EH34','EH35','EH36','EH39','EH40',
'EH41','EH42','TD13','EH1','EH10','EH12','EH13','EH14','EH15','EH16','EH17',
'EH2','EH20','EH21','EH28','EH29','EH3','EH30','EH4','EH5','EH6','EH7','EH8','EH9',
'FK1','FK10','FK11','FK12','FK13','FK14','FK15','FK16','FK17','FK18','FK19','FK2',
'FK20','FK21','FK3','FK4','FK5','FK6','FK7','FK8','FK9',
'DD6','FK10','KY1','KY10','KY11','KY12','KY13','KY14','KY15','KY16','KY2',
'KY3','KY4','KY5','KY6','KY7','KY8','KY9',
'G1','G11','G12','G14','G15','G2','G20','G21','G32','G41','G43','G45','G51','G53','G76',
'AB37','IV1','IV10','IV11','IV12','IV13','IV14','IV15','IV16','IV17','IV18','IV19',
'IV2','IV20','IV21','IV22','IV23','IV24','IV25','IV26','IV27','IV28','IV3','IV4','IV40',
'IV41','IV42','IV43','IV44','IV45','IV46','IV47','IV48','IV49',
'IV5','IV51','IV52','IV53','IV54','IV55','IV56','IV6','IV7','IV8','IV9','KW1',
'KW10','KW11','KW12','KW13','KW14','KW2','KW3','KW5','KW6','KW7','KW8','KW9','PA34',
'PA38','PA39','PA40','PH19','PH20','PH21','PH22','PH23','PH24','PH25',
'PH26','PH30','PH31','PH32','PH33','PH34','PH35','PH36','PH37','PH38','PH39',
'PH40','PH41','PH42','PH43','PH44',
'PA10','PA11','PA13','PA14','PA16','PA18','PA19',
'EH46','EH55','G33','G65','G66','G67','G68','G69','G71','G72','G73','G74','G75','ML1',
'ML10','ML11','ML12','ML2','ML3','ML4','ML5','ML6','ML7','ML8','ML9',
'EH10','EH18','EH19','EH20','EH22','EH23','EH24','EH25','EH26','EH37','EH46',
'AB37','AB38','AB56','IV30','IV31','IV32','IV36','PH26',
'KW1','KW15','KW16','KW17',
'DD2','FK14','FK15','FK19','FK21','KY13','PH1','PH10','PH11','PH12','PH13','PH14','PH15',
'PH16','PH17','PH18','PH2','PH3','PH4','PH5','PH6','PH7','PH8','PH9',
'PA1','PA10','PA11','PA12','PA14','PA3','PA4','PA5','PA6','PA7','PA8','PA9',
'EH26','EH38','EH43','EH44','EH45','EH46','ML12','TD1','TD10','TD11','TD12','TD13','TD14',
'TD15','TD2','TD3','TD4','TD5','TD6','TD7','TD8','TD9',
'ZE1','ZE2','ZE3','FK15','FK16','FK17','FK18','FK19','FK20','FK21','FK6','FK7','FK8','FK9','G63',
'EH27','EH30','EH47','EH48','EH49','EH52','EH53','EH54',
'EH55','HS1','HS2','HS3','HS4','HS5','HS6','HS7','HS8','HS9'
)
I know i cant use a 'IN' i should be using a 'like' or something
I also thought maybe concatenate the postcode column and place in a temp table to run the query.
Any Idea on how i can run this would be very much appreciated.
Thanks