>>You could use the LEFT() function to return for instance the 200 first >>characters: >> >>SELECT LEFT(article,200) AS start_of_article >> FROM articletable WHERE ... >> >>You could also use the SUBSTRING_INDEX() function, if your lines are >>separated with \r\n: >> >>SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(article,'\r\n',2) AS two_first_lines >> FROM articletable WHERE ... >> >><URL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/string-functions.html > > > Is there a method which uses word counting?
you could count spaces. like above: SELECT SUBSTRING_INDEX(article,' ',40) AS two_first_lines FROM articletable WHERE ... -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
