Hi, Have a look at: http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/String_functions.html
You can find there functions to use in SELECT and WHERE clauses, like UPPER(), LOWER(), SUBSTRING(), etc. and http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/String_comparison_functions.html for string comparison functions (LIKE, REGEXP, MATCH AGAINST, ...). On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 18:32, Darryl Hoar wrote: > greetings, > When I am doing a select or update statement, I was wondering if there were > functions to compare strings. IE > > Select * from employee,emp2 where uppercase(employee.fname) > matches(emp2.fname*) > > that is to compare two fields from two tables and see if they match > regardless of whether > one is upper,lower,mixed case. Also see if table1.field1 is a partial match > to another. > > So, > JOHNATHAN would match Jon or Jonny. > > thanks, > Darryl -- Diana Soares -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
