Jordan Michaels wrote: > > I have a database of items and item numbers, something like this: > > ID Item > 1-12 Apples > 12-123 Oranges > 123-1 Bananas > > Here's the problem that I'm running into: I want to run a query for item > numer 112, but I don't know where the dash is in the Item Number (ID). > Is there any way that I can query the database for the item number and > just have it ignore the dashes that may or may not be in the field name? > > Right now I'm using a PostgreSQL 7.3 database
WHERE CAST(REPLACE(ID, '-', '') AS INTEGER) = <cfqueryparam> If you need to do this often you should consider a funtional index. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:204435 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
