At 9:00 +0200 4/19/02, Jan Peuker wrote: >There is a method using trim() but I think it's better to use RLIKE "^A.*"
Regular expression patterns (unlike SQL patterns) don't need to match the entire string, so RLIKE '^A' is sufficient and more efficient because it doesn't spend time trying to match anything other than the first character. As to the original question (below), that query looks like it should work. Perhaps the problem lies elsewhere in the code that executes the query. (It may be the query gets modified somehow. Without seeing the context, it's hard to say.) > >regards, > >Jan Peuker > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Son Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 8:42 AM >Subject: SELECT the first letter MATCH in mySQL > > >> I want to select all the records, which have the first letter matched >> the letter 'A'. >> >> $SQL_get_lyrics = "SELECT lyric_title FROM lyrics WHERE lyric_title >> LIKE \'A%\'"; >> >> Some how this statement given me other record, which has the letter A >> inside, too like: "Know A Word" and other other unexpected records >> >> >> > > Son Nguyen --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
