In MySQL you can do this:
$sql = "SHOW TABLES LIKE 'box%'";
$r = mysql_query($sql);
// then loop through the tables and populate
--Joe
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 07:49:11PM -0400, Matt TrollBoy Wiseman wrote:
> How would I word a query to see what tables exist in a db that begin with
> box
>
> for example include
> boxTABLE1
> boxTABLE2
> boxTABLE3
> but exclude
> sphereTABLE1
>
> I'm basically trying lo populate a list box with the tables beginning with
> box in PHP.
>
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