T-SQL - GROUP BY with LIKE - is this possible?

Question

Is there a way to include a LIKE expression in a GROUP BY query? For example:

SELECT Count(*) 
FROM tblWhatever
GROUP BY column_x [LIKE %Fall-2009%]
         


        

Answer 1

How about this:

SELECT MAX(column_x) AS column_x 
FROM (
    SELECT column_x 
    FROM tblWhatever 
    WHERE (UPPER(column_x) LIKE  '%Fall-2009%')
) AS derivedtbl_1 GROUP BY column_x