And if you'd like to make wild carding optional keep your code the way it is:
$query .= " AND `model` LIKE '".$_GET['search']."'"; And put a comment on the web page "Use the % for wild cards". The thing about: $query .= " AND `model` LIKE '%".$_GET['search']."%'"; Is it will return many results if $_GET['search'] is very small like one letter. Good Luck, Frank On 2/24/04 8:20 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Nitin Mehta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:18:24 +0530 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "-{ Rene Brehmer }-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] how to do query on partial field contents ??? > > for partial match > > like 'value' doesn't work, use > like '%value%' > > Hop that helps > Nitin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "-{ Rene Brehmer }-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 11:57 AM > Subject: [PHP-DB] how to do query on partial field contents ??? > -- Frank Flynn Poet, Artist & Mystic -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php