Question

hi I have a table structure thus:

mysql>DESC file;
file_id        
fullpathname   

with records

file_id | fullpathname                                         
--------+------------------------------------------------------
      6 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/test/test3.txt
      7 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/test/somefile
      8 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/test          
      9 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/6x4_1.JPG     
     10 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/6x4_2.JPG     
     11 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/4x4_2.jpg     
     12 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/4x4_1.jpg     
     13 | /var/tmp/dir/4x4 and 6x4               

and the query needs to be pretty much what I have below (but it’s not working)

SELECT * FROM file
WHERE fullpathname LIKE '/var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4%'
AND fullpathname NOT LIKE '/var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/%/'

but it needs to NOT return the file_id 6 and 7 it needs to only select “paths” one node deep. It’s a weird one but this is the situation

what it should return is

file_id | fullpathname                                         
--------+------------------------------------------------------
      8 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/test          
      9 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/6x4_1.JPG     
     10 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/6x4_2.JPG     
     11 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/4x4_2.jpg     
     12 | /var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/4x4_1.jpg     
     13 | /var/tmp/dir/4x4 and 6x4             

Answer 1

Try this:

SELECT * FROM file
WHERE fullpathname LIKE '/var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4%'
AND fullpathname NOT LIKE '/var/tmp/4x4 and 6x4/%/%'