MySQL query finding values in a comma separated string

Question

I have a field COLORS (varchar(50)) in a my table SHIRTS that contains a comma delimited string such as 1,2,5,12,15,. Each number repr

Answer 1

The classic way would be to add commas to the left and right:

select * from shirts where CONCAT(',', colors, ',') like '%,1,%'

But find_in_set also works:

select * from shirts where find_in_set('1',colors) <> 0