Hi James!
On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, James Tan wrote:
> dear chris,
>
> mysql does not support 'in' clause at the momment...
> the only way to this is to use the loop to generate the sql syntax..
> orr.. use the implode function... to join the array into 1 string separated by
> the first parameter...
huh?
teo@teo:/x > mysql test
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 155 to server version: 3.23.39
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> desc stock;
+--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| item | varchar(17) | YES | | NULL | |
| num | varchar(4) | YES | | NULL | |
| weight | varchar(7) | YES | | NULL | |
| price | varchar(7) | YES | | NULL | |
| date | datetime | YES | | NULL | |
+--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> select * from stock where num in (1,3);
+------+------+--------+-------+---------------------+
| item | num | weight | price | date |
+------+------+--------+-------+---------------------+
| foo | 1 | 2kg | 123 | 2001-06-24 21:08:04 |
| bar | 3 | 7kg | 1234 | 2001-06-24 21:08:13 |
+------+------+--------+-------+---------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
> > I have an array of id numbers ($catids). I would like to select from the
> > mysql database all records where cid is in that array.
> >
> > This syntax fails:
> > select * from categories
> > where cid in $catids
do :
$catids = implode(',',$catids);
$qs ="SELECT * FROM categories WHERE cid IN ($catids)";
-- teodor
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