Question

I’ve got a problem and hope you can help me find a solution.

Name    Hours   title

Name1   12  #1 (Text) - text - text

Name2   13  #1545 (text) - text - text

Name5   19  #33558 (text) - text - text

Name6   36  #54123 (text) – text     

This is an extract from following query:

SELECT name AS Name, Sum((Unix_Timestamp(end)-Unix_Timestamp(start))/3600) AS Hours, title 
FROM myTable
GROUP BY title;

Well, we've got a column with names, a column called Hours(how many hours did a name spend on sth.?) and a column called title(the title of sth.). The title of sth. includes #, a number and text.

Is it possible to only get the number of the title? Like:

Name     Hours   title 


Name1     12  1 
Name2     13  1545 
Name5     19  33558 
Name6     36  54123 

I'm stuck because the number length varies. I don't know whether there is a function just calling everything before the first space if the title contains a number.

I need it to compare the title with a csv-file.

Your help will be much appreciated.
Soloco

EDIT
There is always a space after #.
Edit2:My bad, # has to be eliminated 2.

Answer 1

enter code hereTry this –

select substring(<columnname>,0,charindex(' ', <columnname>)) from <tableName>

In your case, the query will be –

select substring(title,0,charindex(' ', title)) from myTable

This works only if you have spaces and other text follwing your #<number>

USE LOCATE instead of Charindex for mysql –

http://www.overclock.net/web-coding/450373-mysql-query-help.html