thanks for the help, but what I really want is to select all the values that are a substring of 'test' as 't', 'te', 'tes' and 'test', and so I was trying the query
select * from theTable where ( theColumn || '%' ) like 'test'; I think my previous email as a litle bit confusing. Sorry for that :-) Andre --- Jennifer Goodie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > select * from theTable where theColumn like 'test%'; > or > select * from theTable where LEFT(theColumn,4) = > 'test'; > > depending on the table structure and data and > indexing, etc. I have seen a > performance difference between the two, test and see > which works best for > your application. > > > Hi there, > > how can I query all the values starting with 'test'? > I tried the following query, but it didn't work > > select * from theTable where ( ( theColumn || '%' ) > like 'test' ); > > Thanks, > > Andre > mySQL > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
