Match beginning of words in Mysql for UTF8 strings
- by ankimal
Hi,
I m trying to match beignning of words in a mysql column that stores strings as varchar. Unfortunately, REGEXP does not seem to work for UTF-8 strings as mentioned here
So,
select * from names where name REGEXP '[[:<:]]Aandre';
does not work if I have name like Foobar Aándreas
However,
select * from names where name like '%andre%'
matches the row I need but does not guarantee beginning of words matches.
Is it better to do the like and filter it out on the application side ? Any other solutions?
