Hi. Thanks Stephen, the works like a dream... Unlike this database which is more like a nightmare!!!
Best Regards Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Stephen E. Bacher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 August 2004 12:16 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: In Statement Help Andrew Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Everyone. > >I require some help with an IN statement I'm trying to get working. I >have inherited a database from someone else in which there is a table >with project information and a field containing which geographic >regions the projects relate. As a single project can relate to multiple >geographic regions the person who created the database create this >field as a varchar field and populated it with a pipe (|) delimited >list of ID's of the geographic regions (ID from another table). An >example of the data in this field is: > >1|5|9|10|12 > >Or > >1 > >Or > >9|5|7 > >I have been asked to write a query to return all the projects for a >single geographic region. This is what I have come up with: > >SELECT project_title >FROM projects >WHERE 9 IN (REPLACE(geo_region,'|',',')) >ORDER BY project [...] I would suggest something like WHERE CONCAT('|',geo_region,'|') LIKE '%|9|%' - seb -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
