value-expr1 CASE_SENSITIVE { STARTING WITH } value-expr2 { NOT STARTING WITH } Specifies whether the first characters of a value expression match the characters of a second value expression. This operation is case sensitive. The product using CDO evaluates a STARTING WITH clause as true if the first characters of the first string expression match the characters in the second string expression. When you use the keyword NOT, the product using CDO evaluates the clause as true if the first string does not contain the string that the second string expression specifies. If either value expression in a condition evaluates to null, the condition evaluates to null.