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[SOLVED] [5.0.51a] NOT BETWEEN issue.. Please help


Speedy84

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I've been trying to figure out why this doesn't work properly, but with no luck :(

 

Issue:

It sorts out everything from A to Y, but returns all entries starting with a Z.

 

mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `artists` WHERE `name` NOT BETWEEN 'a%' AND 'z%' ORDER BY `name` ASC")

 

Thanks in advance

/Speedy

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The % wildcard only has meaning in a LIKE statement.

 

The way you are using it means everything greater or equal to the string "a%" and everything leas than or equal the string "z%". Well "za...", "zb..."... are all greater than the string "z%", which is why they show up in the result set.

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That is because "z-anything" is greater than "z-null"

 

It appears you want to select names that begin with anything other than a letter? This should work (untested) -

 

mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `artists` WHERE LOWER(LEFT(`name`, 1)) NOT BETWEEN 'a' AND 'z' ORDER BY `name` ASC")

 

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