Select Names from table which have vowels

 

Problem

Query the list of CITY names from table which have vowels (i.e., a, e, i, o, and u) as both their first and last characters. Your result cannot contain duplicates.

Input Format

The STATION table is described as follows:

Field	Type
ID	NUMBER
CITY	VARCHAR2(21)
STATE	VARCHAR2(2)
LAT_N	NUMBER
LONG_W	NUMBER

STATION

where LAT_N is the northern latitude and LONG_W is the western longitude.

MYSQL

select distinct city from station

where (city like 'a%'

or city like 'e%'

or city like 'i%'

or city like 'o%'

or city like 'u%')

and

(

city like '%a'

or city like '%e'

or city like '%i'

or city like '%o'

or city like '%u'

)