This field contains ONLY the \Z. Thanks for the suggestion but it generates the following error message:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected '\"' in On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 04:49, Mattia wrote: > > "Dave J. Hala Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel messaggio > 1040500684.942.130.camel@badboy">news:1040500684.942.130.camel@badboy... > > I've got a bunch of fields in a mysql database that have a \Z character > > in them. I want to search a field for \Z and if it contains that > > character, make the field blank. > > > > In running php 4.x on RH 8.0 > > > > Here is the code: > > > > $connection = db_connect("Could not connect DB"); > > $SQL="SELECT id,PVLN from lhpl_side WHERE PVLN =\"\\Z\" "; > > $result= mysql_query($SQL,$connection) or die (mysql_error()); > > $num = mysql_numrows($result); > > You are looking for a field that is a string and consist of a \Z character! > not more not less. I don't understand if this is what you want or you want > to find all fields that CONTAIN a \Z in any position. In this case the > correct query would be > > select id,PVLN from lhpl_side WHERE PVLN LIKE \"%\\Z\%" > > mATTIA cAZZOLA > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- "...Unix, MS-DOS and Windows NT (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)" OSIS Dave J. Hala Jr. 641.485.1606 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php