G'day Daren > $query = "SELECT * FROM tbl_name WHERE LEFT(last_name, 1) == '$letter')"; > NOTE: LEFT() is a "special" function, I'd consider it a derivative of > SUBSTRING() €€€€ Does MySQL have a function that can selectively return words from a column?
What I'm looking for is the equivalent of rightwords(text,1) which would return the rightmost word from text. I'm trying to extract the lastname only from a column which holds the full name (the data is coming from another database where the first and last names are combined). Alternatively, is there a way to parse the names during a LOAD? cheers Kim Sql, query --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
