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Select blah from blah where blah like '$letter%' % is wildcard after first letter Regards..... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Kay Technical Support - Techex Communications Website: www.techex.com.au Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: 1300 88 111 2 - Fax: (02) 9970 5788 Address: Suite 13, 5 Vuko Place, Warriewood, NSW 2102 Platinum Channel Partner of the Year - Request DSL - Broadband for Business --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: DL Neil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 19 August 2002 8:43 AM > To: Tony Harrison > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Find rows by 1st letter in MySQL > > > Tony, > > > How would I go about selecting rows from a MySQL table > where the first > > letter of a certain field is $letter ? > > > Depends upon the MySQL tbl's schema. > The MySQL online manual discusses wildcards (full text). > Alternatively see LEFT() and other string functions that can > be used in SELECT and WHERE clauses. > > Regards, > =dn > > > > -- > 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
