SQL query to check if a name begins and ends with a vowel

Question

I want to query the list of CITY names from the table STATION(id, city, longitude, latitude) which have vowels as both their first and last charact

Answer 1

you can also do a hard code like this, where you are checking each and every case possible, it's easy to understand for beginners

SELECT DISTINCT CITY 
FROM STATION
WHERE CITY LIKE 'A%A' OR CITY LIKE 'E%E' OR CITY LIKE 'I%I' OR CITY LIKE 'O%O' OR
CITY LIKE 'U%U' OR CITY LIKE 'A%E' OR CITY LIKE 'A%I' OR CITY LIKE 'A%O' OR 
CITY LIKE 'A%U' OR CITY LIKE 'E%A' OR CITY LIKE 'E%I' OR CITY LIKE 'E%O' OR 
CITY LIKE 'E%U' OR CITY LIKE 'I%A' OR CITY LIKE 'I%E' OR CITY LIKE 'I%O' OR 
CITY LIKE 'I%U' OR CITY LIKE 'O%A' OR CITY LIKE 'O%E' OR CITY LIKE 'O%I' OR 
CITY LIKE 'O%U' OR CITY LIKE 'U%A' OR CITY LIKE 'U%E' OR CITY LIKE 'U%I' OR 
CITY LIKE 'U%O'