try this:
SELECT LENGTH("banana") - LENGTH( REPLACE("banana","n",""));
or this (starting from mariadb 10):
SELECT LENGTH(REGEXP_REPLACE('banana','[^n]','')) ;
Jan
Am 19.03.2014 15:51, schrieb Roberto Spadim:
hi guys, i'm not finding a function to return how many character i have,
for example:
"banana"
i want a function that return 2 "n" characters, example:
substr_count("banana","n") => 2
sorry it a begginners question, but i didn't found it in mysql/mariadb
manual
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