Question

I have a column with a bunch of rows with values like this.

ZIP ——– Value

010-212 — 8

214-268 — 9

270-324 — 7

I am submitting a value like 245 to mysql and trying to figure out a way to grab the associated number, which would be 9 in this case.

How would I go about writing a mysql statement and being able to tell if the number was in-between the two values in the zip row, for this example in-between and including 214-268 then use that to grab the associated value which is 9?

I feel as if I have to use SUBSTRING some how but am not sure how to go about writing it.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Just for your knowledge

select value from table
where 245 
between 
substring_index(zip,'-',1)
and
substring_index(zip,'-',-1)

I totally agree with James’ advice.