Is it possible to select data with a single query from a mysql table with a string of values? I have the following query and am trying to retrive results where the c.id_category is not equal to any of the values in the string. which would consist of something like "1,67,23,34,65"
SELECT DISTINCT c.*,
cl.*
FROM ` ._DB_PREFIX_. category` c
LEFT JOIN ` ._DB_PREFIX_. category_lang` cl ON (c.`id_category` = cl.`id_category`
AND `id_lang` = .intval($params[ cookie ]->id_lang). )
LEFT JOIN ` ._DB_PREFIX_. category_group` cg ON (cg.`id_category` = c.`id_category`)
WHERE 1 .(intval($maxdepth) != 0 ?
AND `level_depth` <= .intval($maxdepth) : ).
AND (c.`active` = 1 OR c.`id_category`= 1)
AND c.`id_category` != VAR_ARRAY
AND cg.`id_group` .(!$cookie->id_customer ? = 1 : IN (SELECT id_group
FROM ._DB_PREFIX_. customer_group
WHERE id_customer = .intval($cookie->id_customer). ) ).
ORDER BY `level_depth` ASC, cl.`name` ASC