Perfect! Cheers...! Richard Davey <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 04/03/2004 10:50 Please respond to Richard Davey <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject Re: only showing partial info of a field in mysql... Hello Tristan, Thursday, March 4, 2004, 10:27:34 AM, you wrote: TPrsc> You know in PHPmyADMIN... TPrsc> if you hav a large field, and hit browse, you only see some fo the text... TPrsc> is this a PHP thing, or a MySQL thing... more improtantly, how can I do TPrsc> that?? I don't know how PHPmyAdmin does it, but you can do this in SQL directly without having to do it in PHP. Look at the SQL functions: LEFT(), MID(), RIGHT() and SUBSTRING(). I.e. SELECT LEFT(longfield, 100) FROM table This will bring back the first 100 characters from the longfield column (assuming it has 100 characters in it). -- Best regards, Richard Davey http://www.phpcommunity.org/wiki/296.html -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ********************************************************************* The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. *********************************************************************** -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php