Selecting columns beginning with a numeric character

[Pmzine]

Hey,

Hopefully a quick and easy question, I have a MYSQL database with reviews in it and an A-Z archive. For instance, if you click 'A' link it will show all reviews beginning with the letter 'A'.

I want to be able to grab the reviews beginning with a numeric value though and can't figure out the character to pass to the SQL statement.

Any ideas?

[urbandsigns.com]

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Hey,

Hopefully a quick and easy question, I have a MYSQL database with reviews in it and an A-Z archive. For instance, if you click 'A' link it will show all reviews beginning with the letter 'A'.

I want to be able to grab the reviews beginning with a numeric value though and can't figure out the character to pass to the SQL statement.

Any ideas?
[/quote]

Pass in a # sign and then do an If statement for each number.

[Barand]

[code].... WHERE SUBSTRING(review, 1,1) IN ('0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9')
[/code]

[Pmzine]

This is the SQL statement I'm using so far:

[code]$sql = "select * from cdreviews ";

if ($_GET['sort_by']) {
  $letter = $_GET['sort_by'];
  $sql .= "where name like '".$letter."%' ORDER BY name ASC";
} else {
   $sql .= "order by dateadded DESC limit 10";
}[/code]

How would I integrate that statement into it?

[Barand]

Something like

[code]$sql = "select * from cdreviews ";

if ($_GET['sort_by']) {
  $letter = $_GET['sort_by'];
  if ($letter=='#') {
      $sql .= "WHERE SUBSTRING(name, 1,1) IN ('0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9') ORDER BY name ASC";
  }
  else {
      $sql .= "where name like '$letter%' ORDER BY name ASC";
  }
} else {
   $sql .= "order by dateadded DESC limit 10";
}[/code]