Hello, I'm working on a library OPAC system with books classified using the Library of Congress classification system. This takes the format of either one or two letters followed by some numbers, i.e. R272 or RA440 etc. What I want to do is split the field that holds this classification into two, one containing the letter portion and the other containing the number bit. So
+-------+ | Class | +-------+ | R100 | +-------+ | RA65 | +-------+ | RP2 | +-------+ Would become +--------+--------+ | Class | Class2 | +--------+--------+ | R | 100 | +--------+--------+ | RA | 65 | +--------+--------+ | RP | 2 | +--------+--------+ etc Could this be done in MySQL? I want to do something along the lines of set class2 = SUBSTRING_INDEX(class,'[A-Z]',-1) but I understand this is not possible. Any ideas? Regards Adam -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
