Question

I have the following table with two columns

    ID              Name
    1               ABC             
    2               Acc           
    3               Bcc  
    4               Bdc
    5               Cdd
    6               Cvv  

Is it possible to prepare a Mysql Query so that I can get a result from database
in the following format

    ID              Name           Alphabet
    1               ABC             A
    2               Acc             A
    3               Bcc             B
    4               Bdc             B
    5               Cdd             C
    6               Cvv             D

Answer 1

SELECT id, `Name`, UPPER(LEFT(Name,1)) AS `alphabet` FROM `mytable` ORDER BY `Name`;

should do it.

If the capital letters are giving you trouble you can use:

SELECT id, `Name`, UPPER(LEFT(Name,1)) AS `alphabet` FROM `mytable` ORDER BY LOWER(`Name`);