full-text index that field in MySQL, - then query ordered by weight with
a limit 3. Wonderful stuff.
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From: dean james
Sent: Sat 11/10/2001 7:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc:
Subject: [PHP-DB] searching for zipcode: where to start?
hello,
I want to create a database search with php/mysql that searches
for zipcodes
in a database. of course, there will be other columns/tables and
such to be
printed, but I only want to search for the zipcodes and have the
other cells
printed if the following criteria are found:
lets say I search for the zipcode 90232...it would return like
so....
1. search returns 3 closest matches
John Doe
90232
Red Corvette
Mary Jones
90235
Silver Camaro
Peter Gooding
90065
Blue Honda
et.... -> the search will generate only "3" returns...either 3
exact
matches, in this case 90232 or (1, or 2) and the
closest....Basically the
search will ALWAYS return 3 results, either exact matches or
closest
matches..any combination......so every entry in the database is
a potential
match...just the 3 closest
what is the best way to go about doing this?
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