Question

I have a database that’s setup in the following way

id  coach   team                event              status
14  test    8,7,12,13,15        4,1,2,14,4         2         
13  test    8,12,13,14,15,16    1,2,8,16,16        3    

What i need to do, is search for rows where the first number in the “event” column matches the query. They are separated by commas, but it can be 1 or 2 or 3 digits. Im sure this is possible, just not sure how or where to begin.

Answer 1

This will select all rows where the first number in event is 1:

SELECT * FROM `tableName` WHERE event LIKE '1,%';