On 19-03-2014 15:51, Roberto Spadim wrote:
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

SELECT CHAR_LENGTH(field)-CHAR_LENGTH(REPLACE(field, 'n', ''))

Many moons ago, I blogged about something similar, performance considerations and how to make your own function:
http://www.bitbybit.dk/carsten/blog/?p=55

Best,

/ Carsten

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