"Ciprian A." wrote: > Hi, > > I need to select from a table all the records that do not contain a certain > string. Any idea how I can do this? > > For example if I want to select all the fields that contain the string > "my_string" I type: > $ select * from table_name where column_name like "%my_string%".
try this: select * from table_name where column_name NOT like "%my_string%" hth, Jeroen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
