how to display employee names starting with a and then b in sql

Question

i want to display the employee names which having names start with a and b ,it should be like list will display employees with \'a\' as a first letter and then the \'b\' as a

Answer 1

Oracle: Just felt to do it in different way. Disadvantage: It doesn't perform full index scan. But still gives the result and can use this in substring.

select employee_name 
from employees
where lpad(employee_name,1) ='A'
 OR lpad(employee_name,1) = 'B'
order by employee_name

We can use LEFT in SQL Server instead of lpad . Still suggest not a good idea to use this method.