Distinct Partial Matches: RegExp

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This might be really easy, but I'm just not sure how to write this query and my searching on google isn't finding me things, probably because I am searching for the wrong terms.

I have a bunch of records where the "area" column is like:

animal-dog-5
animal-dog-3
animal-cat-1
animal-cat-22
animal-bird-5

What I want to do is run a distinct query on just the part previous to the number.

animal-dog
animal-cat
animal-bird

So in other words, something like this, but I am not sure if this is the right way to go:

$query = "SELECT DISTINCT area FROM table WHERE REGEXP 'anynumberofletters dash anynumberofletters dash '"


Of course, I could be barking up the wrong tree with the REGEXP thing. Anyone care to point me in the right direction?


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Kevin Murphy
Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services
Western Nevada Community College
www.wncc.edu
775-445-3326



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