Searching for phone numbers in mysql

Question

I have a table which is full of arbitrarily formatted phone numbers, like this

027 123 5644
021 393-5593
(07) 123 456
042123456

I need to sea

Answer 1

I know this is ancient history, but I found it while looking for a similar solution.

A simple REGEXP may work:

select * from phone_table where phone1 REGEXP "07[^0-9]*123[^0-9]*456"

This would match the phonenumber column with or without any separating characters.