Getting a preview of the DB results. ie: 15 words

[pasieux]

I have a part list in a mysql database. One of the fields is "description".
I am trying to use PHP to get me a preview of this field (ie: 15 words).
For exemple: when a user look for a specific part, only the beginning of the description field for that part is displayed (like in a search engine).
Thank you for any help!

[Roger_Ramjet]

you need LEFT to return the first part of the field.

[pasieux]

Thanks a lot! That works!