Comma separated value & wildcards in mysql

Question

I have a value in my database with comma separated data eg.

11,223,343,123

I want to get the data, if it match a certain number (in this exampl

Answer 1

Storing stuff in a comma separated list usually is a bad idea, but if you must, use the FIND_IN_SET(str,strlist) function.

WHERE FIND_IN_SET('223',wp_postmeta.meta_value)

If you can change your database and normalise it, you would get faster results. Create an extra table that links meta_values to your primary_id in your table.