"Jon Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> From: Johannes Janson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: 13 August 2001 12:15
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: [PHP-DB] Re: Show abbreviated article
>> > My question is this: how can I select o
NO! This will return the first 20 characters from the field not the first 20
words. To do that you need to use a regexp in the SQL or explode the result
in php and use the first 20 elements of the array!
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Jon Farmer
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Entanet International Ltd www.enta.net
Tel 01952 4289