select * from tbl where email like "%$email%"; This will find the string stored in the 
variable 
'$email' in the column 'email'

Adjust having the '%' at the end, the beginning or both (as above) as they will find 
the string 
'$email' at end or at the beginning of the string stored in the column 'email' 
respectively.

Russ

On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:06:50 -0500 Noah Spitzer-Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> what's the LIKE query to see if an email address is valid?
> 
> For example, in PHP it's something like
>     if
> (eregi("^[0-9a-z]([-_.]?[0-9a-z])*@[0-9a-z]([-.]?[0-9a-z])*\\.[a-z]{2,3}$",$
> email,$check)) {
>         echo "valid";
>     }
> 
> 
> i want to sort through rows in a db and look for invalid email addresses
> 
> so like, select * from tbl where email like "???"
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> - Noah
> 
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