You can use REGEXP for this. Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable ( Value text ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.28 sec)
Insert records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('645st'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.25 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('765stp'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('665tcp'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.21 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('606cpp'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select * from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+--------+ | Value | +--------+ | 645st | | 765stp | | 665tcp | | 606cpp | +--------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Following is the query to select all fields beginning with a given number with the next character a letter −
mysql> select *from DemoTable WHERE Value REGEXP '^6[[:alnum:]]';
This will produce the following output −
+--------+ | Value | +--------+ | 645st | | 665tcp | | 606cpp | +--------+ 3 rows in set (0.01 sec)