try this: select....where WHATEVER LIKE 'whatever%'
notice the '%' at the end not the beginning...hope this is what you wanted... lekker dag verder boet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Knipe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 5:54 AM Subject: Re: where clause structures EEK Tables structures :P mysql> describe CompanyDetails; +-------------------+-------------------------------+------+-----+---------+ ----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------------------+-------------------------------+------+-----+---------+ ----------------+ | CompanyID | tinyint(4) unsigned | | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | CompanyActive | enum('1','0') | | MUL | 0 | | | CompanySuspended | enum('0','1','2','3','4','5') | | MUL | 0 | | <snip> mysql> describe CompanyDNSZones; +--------------+------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------+------+-----+-------------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +--------------+------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------+------+-----+-------------+----------------+ | ZoneID | int(11) | | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | CompanyID | smallint(6) | | MUL | 0 | | | ZoneName | varchar(250) | | UNI | | | | ZoneServices | set('HasMail','HasMailingList','HasBackupMail','IsMegaDNS','IsSecondary') | | MUL | | | ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Knipe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 11:44 PM Subject: where clause structures > Lo everyone, > > I seem to be having a problem with the structuring of my query - more > specifically, with the WHERE clause... > > mysql> SELECT ZoneName > -> FROM CompanyDNSZones > -> LEFT JOIN CompanyDetails ON > CompanyDetails.CompanyID=CompanyDNSZones.CompanyID > -> WHERE CompanyDetails.CompanySuspended='0' AND > -> CompanyDNSZones.ZoneName='megalan.co.za' AND > -> CompanyDNSZones.ZoneServices LIKE '%HasMail%' OR > -> CompanyDNSZones.ZoneServices LIKE '%HasMailingList%'; > +---------------------+ > | ZoneName | > +---------------------+ > | megalan.co.za | > | lists.megalan.co.za | > +---------------------+ > 2 rows in set (0.01 sec) > > How do I get it to only return the item specified in the WHERE clause? > > I explictly tell MySQL in my where clause to only return results where > CompanyDNSZones.ZoneName='megalan.co.za', so where does it fall out > returning lists.megalan.co.za as well? > > -- > me > > PS: Just for interest takes, can LEFT / RIGHT / a combination of LEFT & > RIGHT joins be used to cross-reference three or more tables, or is it > limited to 2 tables only? > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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