MySQL includes a number of built-in string manipulation functions that are similar to the functions provided by Web scripting languages such as PHP. You can use these functions in both the "SELECT" ...

Is it possible to order by a substring in a returned field?<BR>I've got a query which returns at most probably around 10 or so rows of 1 column. However the way this data is formated, it'd be convient ...

I have a column of data with values resembling this: HL7_Result_for_Message_ID_123Q324343.hl7 I need to grab that ID number (in bold), the challenge being that it can be any and all lengths. I have ...