SQL Error: near line 63: near “(”: syntax error

Question

When I execute this query, I get an error

Error: near line 63: near "(": syntax error

Code:

SELECT *
FROM EMP
WHERE  SAL > 2000 AND LEFT(ENAME,1) <> 'A'
ORDER BY HIREDATE ASC;

What am I doing wrong? Is it because of the LEFT command?

Answer 1

LEFT(str, len) -- returns the leftmost length characters from the string str.

SELECT LEFT('abcd', 3)

Output: abc

Or you can replace the left with this code:

SELECT *
FROM EMP
WHERE  SAL > 2000 AND ENAME NOT LIKE 'A%'
ORDER BY HIREDATE ASC;