2010/10/13 Andrus <kobruleht2@hot.ee>:
> CHAR(20) columns in 8.4 database may contains spaces and - signs like
>
> 13-333-333
> 12 3-44
> 33 33 333
> 12345
>
> User enters code to search without spaces and - signs, like 12344
> How to search for product code ignoring spaces and - signs?
>
> For example searching for code 12344 should return
> 12 3-44 as matching item.
How about using translate() to strip off dashes and spaces:
SELECT mycol FROM mytable
WHERE translate(mycol, '- ', '') = '12344';
Josh