SQL IN() function

Peter Haworth pete at lcsql.com
Fri May 22 04:26:27 EDT 2015


IN works fine in sqlite to find any item in the supplied list. Having said
that, I've never used it with a BLOB type. Can't tell from your post but is
there a reason you're using BLOB rather than INTEGER?

How is your devicelist formatted?

Pete
lcSQL Software
On May 21, 2015 10:10 AM, "Bob Sneidar" <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com> wrote:

> Okay, once again it’s Regex to the rescue.
>
> There is no function in sqLite to do this sort of thing. Instead one can
> use a series of LIKE statements like so:
>
> SELECT * FROM formsgen.service where devicelist LIKE '6480,%'
>         OR devicelist LIKE '%,6480'
>         OR devicelist LIKE '%,6480,%'
>         OR devicelist = ‘6480'
>
> this covers first, last, middle and only conditions
> Bob S
>
>
> > On May 21, 2015, at 09:14 , Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I am having a problem with a query. I have the value “647,6480” in a
> column called devicelist. I use the query:
> >
> > SELECT * FROM formsgen.service where 647 in(device list);
> >
> > It returns one record as it should. However if I use the query:
> >
> > SELECT * FROM formsgen.service where 6480 in(device list);
> >
> > I get NO RECORDS. Am I misunderstanding the IN function? BTW the column
> is a BLOB type. Not sure if that matters.
> >
> > Bob S
> >
> >
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