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Asked: 2026-05-12T08:47:47+00:00

I need a MySQL query w/ Regex to tell me if my string’s first

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I need a MySQL query w/ Regex to tell me if my string’s first character is a number from 0 to 9.

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    The following query returns ‘1’, since the REGEXP matches. You can adapt it for your purposes:

    SELECT '123 this starts with a digit' REGEXP '^[[:digit:]]';

    You can use it in a SELECT like this:

    SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE field REGEXP '^[[:digit:]]';
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