i guess SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE ids REGEXP ',2,|^2,|,2$'
should do it... hth toby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lowell Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PHP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] regexp with mysql > > i hope someone can help it should be easy but i still don't get it. > > > > i have a field which has numbers seperated via a comma > > for example 1,2,3,12,14,23,51 > > > > now if i was to do a search for a the rows that has '2' in it i do > > SELECT * FROM table WHERE ids REGEXP "2" > > > > will it show fields that has 12 22 23 etc...?? or just 2 > > Yes. I think you need something like: > > $sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE ". > "ids REGEXP '2' AND ids NOT REGEXP '([1-9]2)|(2[0-9])'"; > > But I don't profess to much knowledge of regular expressions. Check the > MySQL documentation. I saw something about REGEXP there recently. Also, > there's a MySQL discussion list at <http://lists.mysql.com/>. > > HTH > > -- > Lowell Allen > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
