I find a solution that works:

SELECT writer_id, writer FROM writer WHERE writer REGEXP '^[A-Z]+' ORDER
BY writer

Thank you all
Nikos

misiaQ wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If the efficiency is the key factor I would suggest to create a trigger on
> insert and update and mark the rows in a separate column instead of
> executing some fancy string checks during select.
>
> Regards,
> m.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nikos [mailto:ni...@qbit.gr] 
> Sent: 19 November 2009 08:41
> To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
> Subject: Select through characters
>
> Hello list
> I have a list of names with english and greek characters.
> How can select them separately?
> I mean, only greeks or only english.
>
> thank you,
> Nikos
>
>
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