John, > Yeeesch! I neet help.
Yeeesch! was exactly my reaction when I read the following! Now that you have had some responses to 'directly' address the problem may I ask why you would want to maintain/work with the data in this format (top) as opposed to the eminently logical later presentation (below)? It's not "relational"! =dn > The field looks a bit like this: > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > > &&1; Caribbean and West Indies; Guyana;&&4; Birney,(i) Earle; Harris,(i) > Wilson; Hope,(i) Alec Derwent; King,(i) Bruce; James,(i) Henry; > Olson,(i) Charles; Rushdie,(i) Salman; Purdy,(i) Al; Joyce,(i) James; > Macleish,(i) Archibald; Cummings,(i) Edward Estlin (E.E.); Auden,(i) W. > H.; Atwood,(i) Margaret; Tutuola,(i) Amos; Simon,(i) Claude;&&7; > comparison of authors and works; > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > > Birney, Earle > Harris, Wilson > Hope, Alec Derwent > King, Bruce > James, Henry > Olson, Charles > Rushdie, Salman > Purdy, Al > Joyce, James > Macleish, Archibald > Cummings, Edward Estlin (E.E.) > Auden, W. H. > Atwood, Margaret > Tutuola, Amos > Simon, Claude -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
