Hi,

I want to search for a matching number in a database.
It should match only from the beginning, not inside the string.
My problem is that I cannot just add a ^ sign before the "pattern" because it's the name of a field in the database.


Example:
Code:

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mysql> SELECT * FROM routes WHERE "49210491" RLIKE pattern ORDER BY LENGTH(pattern) DESC;



+---------+----------------------+---------+-------------+-----------------+--------+

| pattern | comment              | trunks  | connectcost | includedseconds | cost   |

+---------+----------------------+---------+-------------+-----------------+--------+

| 491     | Sondernummern        |         |           0 |               0 | 900000 |

| 49      | Festnetz Deutschland | nikotel |           0 |               0 |    200 |

+---------+----------------------+---------+-------------+-----------------+--------+

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I want the function to give me the longest matching pattern. Currently it gives back 491also due to the pattern _inside_ the string. In this example best match would be just 49.

Hope you know what I'm trying to say.

Rolf

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