Alex,
With reference to Dave's comments/suggestions:-
I've got a 700-question multiple choice quiz that I've got imported into
MySQL, with one small problem: the answers to the quiz are not a separate
column. I have three columns for each of the possible answers; the correct
answer is
On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Alex Kirk wrote:
I've got a 700-question multiple choice quiz that I've got imported into
MySQL, with one small problem: the answers to the quiz are not a separate
column. I have three columns for each of the possible answers; the correct
answer is denoted by a * in the
I've got a 700-question multiple choice quiz that I've got imported into
MySQL, with one small problem: the answers to the quiz are not a separate
column. I have three columns for each of the possible answers; the correct
answer is denoted by a * in the appropriate field. For example, if I
How about this:
update table
set answer = concat_ws(, ,
if(left(columnA,1)=*,substring(columnA,2),),
if(left(columnB,1)=*,substring(columnB,2),),
if(left(columnC,1)=*,substring(columnC,2),) )
Greg
I've got a 700-question multiple choice quiz that I've got
