Re: [PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

2006-09-03 Thread Bastien Koert
SQL Server and DB2 (version dependant) don't support regexp in sql Bastien From: Micah Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: J R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:29:19 -0700 You can do r

Re: [PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

2006-08-30 Thread Chris
J R wrote: thanks for the info. didn't know this. :). i'll be googling how this is done. :D and perhaps post back a solution to your problem kevin, if i find one :). No need to google, go straight to the source: http://dev.mysql.com -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/

Re: [PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

2006-08-30 Thread J R
thanks for the info. didn't know this. :). i'll be googling how this is done. :D and perhaps post back a solution to your problem kevin, if i find one :). On 8/31/06, Micah Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You can do regular expression matching in MySQL and I think a few other servers too, b

Re: [PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

2006-08-30 Thread Micah Stevens
You can do regular expression matching in MySQL and I think a few other servers too, but that's not the same as regular expression replacement like you can do with PHP.. It just returns a boolean true/false depending on whether or not the match works. -Micah J R wrote: i'm a bit confused.

Re: [PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

2006-08-30 Thread Chris
i'm not sure if it is possible to use regular expression in a sql query. can anyone comment on this? thanks. Mysql & Postgres can. I'm sure others can too. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http

Re: [PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

2006-08-30 Thread J R
i'm a bit confused. if i'm getting you right heres my 2 cents: first you do sql query using DISTINCT when the result are returned to you, you can then run thru the result array using preg_replace. heres an example: $aVar= array( 'animal-dog-5', 'animal-dog-3', 'animal-c

Re: [PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

2006-08-30 Thread Micah Stevens
Oh! I misunderstood.. This is tougher, you're selecting the entire set, so you won't have anything after 'WHERE', but you're defining how the returned items are formatted, this goes before table selection: Select DISTINCT SUBSTRING_INDEX(`area`, '-', 2) from table; I didn't test this, but i

Re: [PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

2006-08-30 Thread Kevin Murphy
Well, its not really a search that would be way easier. :-) What I'm looking for is a query that will give me the complete list of items that are distinct, minus the last number after the last hyphen. animal-dog animal-cat animal-bird -- Kevin Murphy Webmaster: Information and Marketing

Re: [PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

2006-08-30 Thread Micah Stevens
Select DISTINCT area from table like '$searchterms%'; In SQL, you can use the 'LIKE' keyword along with the '%' and '_' wildcards.. '_' is one character, '%' is any number of chars. -Micah Kevin Murphy wrote: This might be really easy, but I'm just not sure how to write this query and my s

[PHP-DB] Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

2006-08-30 Thread Kevin Murphy
This might be really easy, but I'm just not sure how to write this query and my searching on google isn't finding me things, probably because I am searching for the wrong terms. I have a bunch of records where the "area" column is like: animal-dog-5 animal-dog-3 animal-cat-1 animal-cat-22 an