[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In Yahoo address book, they have this list for finding a particular
> person easily
> by the first letter of their last name:
>
> All - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - Lists
>
> Does anyone have any insights on how the algorithm of implementing this
> feature?
>
> For example, I have a user database, and I want to use this feature to
> find
> persons whose last name start with a particular letter.
select *
from users
order by lastname, firstname
You do store firstname and lastname as separate fields, right? One reason for
storing them separately is to
perform this sort. Another is to give you more control when someone eventually
decides to do a mail merge of the
data.
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