>>>>> "Fred" == Fred T Krogh <fkrogh@stripped> writes:
Fred> Given a primary key which is CHAR(8) BINARY, I would like to select all
Fred> entries which are a leading substring of a given k character string.
Fred> (Selecting all entries which start with a given substring can be done
Fred> efficiently with like, and '%', but what I want is apparently a bit on
Fred> the weird side.)
Fred> Thus DKB matches DKB, DK, and D. I'm guessing the most efficient way to
Fred> do this lookup is to simply select on each of these one at a time.
Fred> Using a function would require looking at every row, not just those
Fred> entries which start with D? (The given string will typically be only 3
Fred> or 4 characters.) Something like "DKB" like col_x% would be ideal for
Fred> this, but I don't think anything like this is available. (For the
Fred> curious, I have a hierarchy describing areas of computational
Fred> mathematics in ever finer detail. A person can request notification
Fred> when a new entry is made on a level they indicate or in any lower
Fred> level. Thus a person wanting to track everything in DK and below wants
Fred> to know that something has just been added to DKB, for example.)
Fred> An alternative would be to select on col_x like "D%" and store in a
Fred> temporary table, select the "D"'s, then select on on col_x like "DK%"
Fred> from the temporary table to a new temporary table, etc. This looks ugly
Fred> to me.
Fred> Any comments?
Fred> Thanks,
Fred> Fred
Fred> fkrogh@stripped
Hi!
Just a note:
The following works (but is not that fast):
SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE 'DBK' LIKE concat(column_name,"%");
Regards,
Monty
