Hi,
seems a bit strange.
Try this select (use mysql client)
mysql> select title,if(title like 'The %','yes','no') from titles;
if it works try substring functions and if that works try 'order by' clause.
It's at least working on server v. 3.23, so in case it will not work find out
in the 'list o
On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 04:43:00AM -0500, Ian Evans wrote:
> Cami wrote:
>
> > Try this:
> > mysql> select *,(case when title like '%The%' then substring (title, 5, 255)
> > when title like '%A%' then substring (title, 3, 255) when title like '%An%'
> > then substring (title, 4, 255) else title e
t_col;
I can't tested, but that's what the manual say.
Cami
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Petr Tuma wrote:
Cami wrote:
> Try this:
> mysql> select *,(case when title like '%The%' then substring (title, 5, 255)
> when title like '%A%' then substring (title, 3, 255) when title like '%An%'
> then substring (title, 4, 255) else title end) as sort_col from titles order
> by sort_col;
Argh, that still prod
ope it helps,
Cami
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From: Ian Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] MySQL: Alphabetizing title results in library
format
Petr Tuma wrote:
> What error message it produ
Petr Tuma wrote:
> What error message it produce?
Ok, table titles is composed of:
+--+-++
| titlesid | releaseyear | title |
+--+-++
mysql> select *,(case when title like 'The %' then substring (title, 5, 255) wh
Hi,
there was an typing error 'from Title' should be 'from Titles'. Anyway it's
working for me.
What error message it produce?
On Thursday 01 November 2001 05:09, you wrote:
> Petr Tuma wrote:
> > select *,(case when Title like 'The %' then substring (Title, 5, 255)
> >
> > ETC.
>
> Alas, My
Petr Tuma wrote:
> select *,(case when Title like 'The %' then substring (Title, 5, 255)
> ETC.
Alas, MySQL doesn't like that syntax either. :(
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Hi,
I would assume that MySQL doesn't support functions in the 'order by' clause.
Try this:
select *,(case when Title like 'The %' then substring (Title, 5, 255)
when Title like 'A %' then substring (Title, 3, 255)
when Title like 'An %' then substring (Title, 4, 255)
else Title end) as sort_co
