Question

Just want to know how I can filter out a result using mysql if the “content” field contains a hashtag.

e.g. If a result content is: “#Euro2012 is going to be awesome”

I would not have this returned in my MySQL results….

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

For varchar fields you can use LIKE:

SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE myVarCharField NOT LIKE '%#Euro2012%'

For text fields you’ll need to look into full-text search.

Update (Suggested by comments):

Regular Expression Solution:

SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE myVarCharField NOT RLIKE '#.*\s'

If you want to filter by fields that begin with a hashtag add ^ to the regular expression.