>From you example, not quite sure what you are trying to do (I could if, for example generic tree was 0199, and 01 was tree and last two characters were color or something like that)
At any rate, you can use string functions to pull data from portions of fields to build whatever you want to search on. refer to http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/String_functions.html Ken Hylton Programmer Analyst IV LEC Systems & Programming Billing Concepts, Inc. 7411 John Smith Drive San Antonio, Texas 78229-4898 (210) 949-7261 -----Original Message----- From: Leonardo Javier Belen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 2:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: help with query Hi all! I would like to build a query that I can use to search hierichally from an char(4) id composed as followed 2positions for the class of plant (for example) and 2 positions for the type of flower (for example) if someone give me the id that means red rose tree, and I know there is another clasifications of tree and another colors for the rose, does anyone knows how to retrieve them. 0100 - Rose tree 0101 - pink rose tree 0102 - red rose tree 0103 - rococo rose tree 0200 - generic tree Thanks in advance Leonardo J. Bel?n. query mysql sql blah! --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
