How about:

SELECT * FROM table WHERE FIND_IN_SET(2,column);

where "column" is  your table column containing the comma separated list. 

---John Holmes...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Toby Irmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lowell Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PHP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] regexp with mysql


> i guess
> 
> SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE ids REGEXP ',2,|^2,|,2$'
> 
> should do it...
> 
> hth
> 
> toby
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lowell Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "PHP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] regexp with mysql
> 
> 
> > > i hope someone can help it should be easy but i still don't get it.
> > > 
> > > i have a field which has numbers seperated via a comma
> > > for example 1,2,3,12,14,23,51
> > > 
> > > now if i was to do a search for a the rows that has '2' in it i do
> > > SELECT * FROM table WHERE ids REGEXP "2"
> > > 
> > > will it show fields that has 12 22 23 etc...?? or just 2
> > 
> > Yes. I think you need something like:
> > 
> > $sql = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE ".
> >        "ids REGEXP '2' AND ids NOT REGEXP '([1-9]2)|(2[0-9])'";
> > 
> > But I don't profess to much knowledge of regular expressions. Check the
> > MySQL documentation. I saw something about REGEXP there recently. Also,
> > there's a MySQL discussion list at <http://lists.mysql.com/>.
> > 
> > HTH
> > 
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