RE: [PHP] MySQL select a field's first X bytes

What's wrong with select left(myfield, 500) from mytable; ? Quentin -Original Message- From: Micah Bushouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 17 December 2002 3:22 p.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] MySQL select a field's first X bytes Is there a way in MySQL to

Re: [PHP] MySQL select a field's first X bytes

Thanks a lot! I'm just blind! Quentin Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] o.nz... What's wrong with select left(myfield, 500) from mytable; ? Quentin -Original Message- From: Micah Bushouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 17 December 2002 3:22