Hi, You can try with string function substring(),LPAD(),RPAD()... Please look in documentation at : "6.3.2 String Functions"
Regards, Gelu _____________________________________________________ G.NET SOFTWARE COMPANY Permanent e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "tristan Israel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:48 AM Subject: mysql search > Hello, > > I have a field named "rights" (varchar[9]) > > it contains some records like "wrxwrxwrx" or "wr-w--w-x" > > I'd like to find all the records that contains this : "wr??????" > > That's why I did this query : "SELECT * FROM table WHERE rights LIKE > 'wr??????'" > > and it doesn't work ! > > It extension, a simple search like : "SELECT * FROM table WHERE name > LIKE 'I*'" doesn't return anything. > > Could you help me ? > > Thank you > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php