> From: Thomas "omega" Henning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Subject: [PHP-DB] wildcard in mysql search with php
>
> Is there a way to use wildcards in search in a mySQL db?
> e.g. I have a dbase of over 24000 records and i can only search exact
> matches is there a way to search something like this :
> *admin* in mySQL? Or
> i have to do it by hand in PHP?
Sure... you do it like this...
search column_name
from table_name
where column_name like '%admin%'
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