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[^] (Wildcard - Character(s) Not to Match) (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server 2012

SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2005

Matches any single character that is not within the range or set specified between the square brackets.

The following example uses the [^] operator to find all the people in the Contact table who have first names that start with Al and have a third letter that is not the letter a.

USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
SELECT FirstName, LastName
FROM Person.Person
WHERE FirstName LIKE 'Al[^a]%'
ORDER BY FirstName;

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