thanks for the info. didn't know this. :). i'll be googling how this is
done. :D and perhaps post back a solution to your problem kevin, if i find
one :).
On 8/31/06, Micah Stevens <micah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You can do regular expression matching in MySQL and I think a few other
servers too, but that's not the same as regular expression replacement
like you can do with PHP.. It just returns a boolean true/false
depending on whether or not the match works.
-Micah
J R wrote:
> i'm a bit confused. if i'm getting you right heres my 2 cents:
>
> first you do sql query using DISTINCT
>
> when the result are returned to you, you can then run thru the result
> array
> using preg_replace. heres an example:
>
> $aVar = array(
> 'animal-dog-5',
> 'animal-dog-3',
> 'animal-cat-1',
> 'animal-cat-22',
> 'animal-bird-5',
> );
>
> $aResult = array();
> foreach ($aVar as $value) {
> $tmp = preg_replace('/-\d*$/', '', $value);
> $aResult[$tmp] = $tmp;
> // if you want to conserve a bit of resources asign NULL;
> // $aResult[$tmp] = NULL;
> }
> var_dump($aResult);
>
>
> hth,
>
> john
>
> p.s.
> i'm not sure if it is possible to use regular expression in a sql
> query. can
> anyone comment on this? thanks.
>
> On 8/31/06, Kevin Murphy <php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Well, its not really a search.... that would be way easier. :-) What
>> I'm looking for is a query that will give me the complete list of
>> items that are distinct, minus the last number after the last hyphen.
>>
>> animal-dog
>> animal-cat
>> animal-bird
>>
>> --
>> Kevin Murphy
>> Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services
>> Western Nevada Community College
>> www.wncc.edu
>> 775-445-3326
>>
>>
>> On Aug 30, 2006, at 4:34 PM, Micah Stevens wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > Select DISTINCT area from table like '$searchterms%';
>> >
>> > In SQL, you can use the 'LIKE' keyword along with the '%' and '_'
>> > wildcards.. '_' is one character, '%' is any number of chars.
>> >
>> > -Micah
>> >
>> >
>> > Kevin Murphy wrote:
>> >> 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?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --Kevin Murphy
>> >> Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services
>> >> Western Nevada Community College
>> >> www.wncc.edu
>> >> 775-445-3326
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --Kevin Murphy
>> >> Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services
>> >> Western Nevada Community College
>> >> www.wncc.edu
>> >> 775-445-3326
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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