Question

I want sql query which gives output as concat string

Sql Query

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(nm) FROM xyz WHERE xyz.id IN (REPLACE(abc,"|",','))

where abc is string like 1|2|3|4 which is ids of xyz table
above query only gives nm of 1st id in abc.I thing it creates query like

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(nm) FROM xyz WHERE xyz.id IN ("1,2,3,4")

so (“) may creates problem anyone can help.

Answer 1

You can use LIKE, (but then its not going to use indexs)

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT(nm)
FROM xyz
WHERE CONCAT('|', abc, '|') LIKE CONCAT('%|', xyz.id, '|%');