How about Select LastName from sometable where LastName >= 'A' and LastName <'F' Hth Henrik Hornemann -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Doug Parker [mailto:drparker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sendt: 29. december 2003 23:18 Til: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Emne: Selecting between using letters How would I create a select statement in MySQL that would return a range of records from the LastName field where the value starts with a designated letter - for example, returning the range where the first letter of LastName is between A and E... Any help would be greatly appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.phreshdesign.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php