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

Both of the statements below work in Microsoft SQL SERVER

SELECT DISTINCT
    city
FROM
    station
WHERE
    SUBSTRING(lower(CITY), 1, 1) IN ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u')
    AND SUBSTRING(lower(CITY), LEN(CITY), 1) IN ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u');

SELECT DISTINCT
    City
FROM
    Station
WHERE
    City LIKE '[A, E, O, U, I]%[A, E, O, U, I]'
ORDER BY
    City;