try this: SELECT LENGTH("banana") - LENGTH( REPLACE("banana","n","")); or this (starting from mariadb 10): SELECT LENGTH(REGEXP_REPLACE('banana','[^n]','')) ; Jan Am 19.03.2014 15:51, schrieb Roberto Spadim:
hi guys, i'm not finding a function to return how many character i have, for example:
"banana"
i want a function that return 2 "n" characters, example: substr_count("banana","n") => 2
sorry it a begginners question, but i didn't found it in mysql/mariadb manual
-- Roberto Spadim SPAEmpresarial Eng. Automação e Controle
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