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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:

FieldType
IDNUMBER
CITYVARCHAR2(21)
STATEVARCHAR2(2)
LAT_NNUMBER
LONG_WNUMBER
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'
)

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