Hi, You could use regular expression to do this, here is the example with the reference site that might help you:
If your data is 'test', 'test0', 'test1111', '111test', '111' SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE col1 REGEXP '^[0-9]+$'; Result: '111' In regex ^ mean begin, and $ - end. SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE col1 REGEXP '^[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*$'; - for 123.12 *But,* select all records where number exists: SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE col1 REGEXP '[0-9]+'; Result: 'test0' and 'test1111' and '111test' and '111' http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5064977/detect-if-value-is-number-in-mysql Regards. On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Mike Blezien <mick...@frontiernet.net>wrote: > Hello, > > I need to select some data from a table where a column is not a numerical > value but can't seem to get the right syntax for this. > > Basically we need to do something like this: > > SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE column_name (IS NOT A NUMERIC VALUE) > > what is the correct syntax to accomplish this? > > MySQL version: 5.5 > > Thank you, > > Mike(mickalo)Blezien > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-**=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Thunder Rain Internet Publishing > Custom Programming & Web Hosting Services > http://www.thunder-rain.com/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=**-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > >
