I would like to do the following: ============ mysql db: andrew anthony joe janice john simon ============ sql_query ( select names ..... ============ I would need only the distinct first character from the query result would be: a,j,s I think maybe its REGEXP but never did it before... Thanks!! Andras Kende -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php