mysql中find_in_set使用
手册上是这样解释find_in_set的:
FIND_IN_SET(str,strlist)
Returns a value in the range of 1 to N if the string str is in the string list strlist consisting of N substrings. A string list is a string composed of substrings separated by “,” characters. If the first argument is a constant string and the second is a column of type SET, the FIND_IN_SET() function is optimized to use bit arithmetic. Returns 0 if str is not in strlist or if strlist is the empty string. Returns NULL if either argument is NULL. This function does not work properly if the first argument contains a comma (“,”) character.
mysql>; SELECT FIND_IN_SET('b','a,b,c,d');
->; 2
我们在实际中使用这个函数则是由于排序的需要。
例如,有个game表,其中包括字段gameid和title,现在需要根据一个gameid的集合来获得game表中对应的title字段,可以使用
mysql>; select gameid,title from game where gameid in(3,1,2);
来获得这样的结果:
+——–+——————–+
| gameid | title |
+——–+——————–+
| 1 | Young Lee |
| 2 | Dark Matter |
| 3 | Armed With Wings 2 |
+——–+——————–+
我们会发现,返回结果并不是按照我们给定的gameid集合的顺序来排序的。
如果需要返回结果按(3,1,2)来排序的话,就需要使用find_in_set了。
mysql>; select gameid,title from game where gameid in(3,1,2) order by find_in_set
(gameid,'3,1,2');
返回的结果如下:
+——–+——————–+
| gameid | title |
+——–+——————–+
| 3 | Armed With Wings 2 |
| 1 | Young Lee |
| 2 | Dark Matter |
+——–+——————–+