> > The data I'm working with looks like this: > > table1.columnA = '1;3;4;6;8;9;12;13;14;15'; > > table2.columnA = '3'; > > table2.columnB = 'this'; > > I need to write a query that will do something along these lines: > > SELECT * FROM table1, table2 WHERE > > table2.columnB = 'this' > > AND > > table1.columnA LIKE CONCAT( '%', table2.columnA, '%' ); > AND > INSTR(table1.columnA, table2.columnA)
Well, the only problem with going this route is that if table1.columnA 's value was, instead, '1,4,6,8,9,13,14,15', that row would still match (when it really shouldn't) because of the '13' within the string. The '3' from table2.columnA is part of the table1.columnA string. Chris -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
