I'm using rustorm with mysql. I've got a table of states (filled with info on the fifty United States) with a column of abbreviations. I select all abbreviations this way:
["\'AK\'", "\'AL\'", "\'AS\'", "\'AZ\'", "\'AR\'", "\'CA\'", "\'CO\'", "\'CT\'", "\'DE\'", "\'FL\'", "\'GA\'", "\'HI\'", "\'ID\'", "\'IL\'", "\'IN\'", "\'IA\'", "\'KS\'", "\'KY\'", "\'LA\'", "\'ME\'", "\'MD\'", "\'MA\'", "\'MI\'", "\'MN\'", "\'MS\'", "\'MO\'", "\'MT\'", "\'NE\'", "\'NV\'", "\'NH\'", "\'NJ\'", "\'NM\'", "\'NY\'", "\'NC\'", "\'ND\'", "\'OH\'", "\'OK\'", "\'OR\'", "\'PA\'", "\'RI\'", "\'SC\'", "\'SD\'", "\'TN\'", "\'TX\'", "\'UT\'", "\'VT\'", "\'VA\'", "\'WA\'", "\'WV\'", "\'WI\'", "\'WY\'"]