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Asked: 2026-05-20T15:14:08+00:00

i have a column in database that stores a range of user ages, like

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i have a column in database that stores a range of user ages, like 5-10, 10-18, 18-25….

Now i want to write a query to fetch the columns with age matching this range.

For example, if i pass the age as 12, it should fetch the columns that fit in the range 10-18.
If i pass the age as 10, it should fetch the columns that fit in the range 5-10.

But the fact is that, i am storing the range as a varchar type (there is a hyphen in between).

So i am curious about how to achieve this, and how to construct a query.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could split up the values using SUBSTRING_INDEX

    SELECT * FROM `yourtable` WHERE 5 BETWEEN SUBSTRING_INDEX(`agespan`,'-', 1) AND SUBSTRING_INDEX(`agespan`,'-', -1)

    This query asumes agespan is the column containing 5-10, 12-18.

    SUBSTRING_INDEX(agespan,’-‘, 1) matches everything in the string before the first occurence of -

    SUBSTRING_INDEX(agespan,’-‘, -1) matches everything in the string after the last occurence of -

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