Need help on simple pattern matching searching

[Henry]

I have a table that stores a list of zip codes using a varchar column type,
and I need to perform some string prefix pattern matching search. Let's say
that I have the columns:
94000-1235
94001
94100

If I run a pattern matching search for the string "940", then I should get
the top two rows of data back. If I run a pattern matching search for the
string "94", then I should get all the three rows of data back.
How can I do that in MySQL? I dont' need to do full-text search for this
prefix pattern matching search, do I? Thanks.

[Wouter]

Re: Need help on simple pattern matching searching


SELECT * FROM database WHERE col LIKE '940%'



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:I have a table that stores a list of zip codes using a varchar column type,
: and I need to perform some string prefix pattern matching search. Let's
say
: that I have the columns:
: 94000-1235
: 94001
: 94100
:
: If I run a pattern matching search for the string "940", then I should get
: the top two rows of data back. If I run a pattern matching search for the
: string "94", then I should get all the three rows of data back.
: How can I do that in MySQL? I dont' need to do full-text search for this
: prefix pattern matching search, do I? Thanks.
:
: