On Thu, April 7, 2005 5:32 pm, Andras Kende said: > > 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... select distinct substring(name, 1, 1) from names -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
