On Apr 28, 9:22 am, strawberry <zac.ca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know if it's exactly what you're after, but back in June of
> last year Giuseppe Maxia describe a method for doing this sort of
> thing with dates, words and numbers all purely within mysql.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/26xf2j
>
> HIH

thanks, that's the kind of thing. clever!