SQL SORTING and FILTERING on HR Database: Display all those employees whose first name or last name starts with the letter D

SQL SORTING and FILTERING on HR Database: Exercise-36 with Solution

36. Write a query in SQL to display all those employees whose first name or last name starts with the letter D.

Sample table : employees

Sample Solution:

SELECT first_name, last_name 
	FROM employees 
		WHERE  first_name  LIKE 'D%' 
			OR last_name LIKE 'D%';

Sample Output:

 first_name | last_name
------------+-----------
 Lex        | De Haan
 David      | Austin
 Diana      | Lorentz
 Daniel     | Faviet
 Den        | Raphaely
 Curtis     | Davies
 David      | Bernstein
 Louise     | Doran
 Danielle   | Greene
 David      | Lee
 Julia      | Dellinger
 Jennifer   | Dilly
 Donald     | OConnell
 Douglas    | Grant
(14 rows)

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