MySQL select where column is not empty

Solution 1:

Compare value of phone2 with empty string:

select phone, phone2 
from jewishyellow.users 
where phone like '813%' and phone2<>''

Note that NULL value is interpreted as false.

Solution 2:

To check if field is NULL use IS NULL, IS NOT NULL operators.

MySql reference http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/working-with-null.html