Question

I have to create an SQL Query to get all rows starting with a specific character, except if the parameter passed to the (PHP) function is 0, in that case it should get every row that does not start with A – Z (like #0-9.,$ etc).

What is the easiest and fastest way to get those rows?

DB: MySQL 5.1
Column: title

Answer 1

SELECT  *
FROM    mytable
WHERE   title NOT RLIKE '^[A-Z]'