Re: Remove 1st 3 Chars

2005-05-11 Thread Roger Baklund
Andrew Braithwaite wrote: Is there any way to get MySQL to return the results of this query with the 'fieldname' in the order listed in the in() bit? select fieldname from tablename where fieldname in ('B4079','B4076','B4069','B4041','A4710','58282','58220','56751','56728' ,'45003','09234','04200',

RE: Remove 1st 3 Chars

2005-05-11 Thread Andy Eastham
MAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 May 2005 12:53 > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: RE: Remove 1st 3 Chars > > Hello, > > Is there any way to get MySQL to return the results of this query with > the 'fieldname' in the order listed in the in() bit? > > select fie

Re: Remove 1st 3 Chars

2005-05-11 Thread Philippe Poelvoorde
Hi ! First, could do avoir hijacking somebody else thread ? Andrew Braithwaite wrote: Hello, Is there any way to get MySQL to return the results of this query with the 'fieldname' in the order listed in the in() bit? select fieldname from tablename where fieldname in ('B4079','B4076','B4069','B4041

RE: Remove 1st 3 Chars

2005-05-11 Thread Andrew Braithwaite
Hello, Is there any way to get MySQL to return the results of this query with the 'fieldname' in the order listed in the in() bit? select fieldname from tablename where fieldname in ('B4079','B4076','B4069','B4041','A4710','58282','58220','56751','56728' ,'45003','09234','04200','04035','04026');

Re: Remove 1st 3 Chars

2005-05-11 Thread Johan Höök
Hi Shaun, I guess you could try something like: UPDATE table SET col = RIGHT(col, LENGTH(col) - 3 ) WHERE ... /Johan shaun thornburgh wrote: Hi, is it possible to alter fields in a column by removing the first three characters? i.e. change 100123456789 to 123456789 Thanks for your help -- MySQ

RE: Remove 1st 3 Chars

2005-05-11 Thread Reinhart Viane
Look at the substring example here http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/string-functions.html Regards, Reinhart Viane -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: shaun thornburgh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: woensdag 11 mei 2005 13:30 Aan: mysql@lists.mysql.com Onderwerp: Remove 1st 3 Chars Hi

Remove 1st 3 Chars

2005-05-11 Thread shaun thornburgh
Hi, is it possible to alter fields in a column by removing the first three characters? i.e. change 100123456789 to 123456789 Thanks for your help -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]