> is there a function that will extract the first character from a mysql
> result and put it into a variable?
you can do it directly in SQL:
select * from TABLE_NAME where FIELD_NAME like 'A%'
for all names beginning by 'A'
cheers,
Valter Santos
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From: "Mateo the DB guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: [PHP-DB] sorry...probably too easy
> i'm fairly new to php, and thank you in advance for helping.
> is there a function that will extract the first character from a mysql
> result and put it into a variable?
> the goal is to make one of these browse-by-alpha lists
>
> ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
> A
> Adam
> Alethea
> Arnie
> B
> Billy
> Buster
> ...
>
> where all the names come from the mysql query, and the anchors are
> automatically built where they need to be.
>
>
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