I am trying to search through a Field that has the following data in it,
basically state abbreviation with zip code data.
The NOTES field is setup as a varchar(75)
Record 1 Al GA CA
Record 2 FL AL upper
Record 3 all others in CA
Record 4 CA zip 123456, 456789
The data is passed in a variable from a submit scripts as $terr , let say we
are searching for anybody with AL Alabama in there territory. The 3
queries I have tried all return more then I need or nothing at all.
Is there a way search a Field that will return only records 1 and record 2
or make the search case sensitive for states and return only records 1 and
2?
I am currently using the first query listed. If I use the second query the $
is treated as an expression and not the true variable being passed in from a
submit form.
$sql = ("select last_name, first_name, phone, email, csr, line, picture,
notes, id from address where notes like '%$terr%' " );
$sql = ("select last_name, first_name, phone, email, csr, line, picture,
notes, id from address where notes REGEXP BINARY '[$terr]' " );
$sql = ("select last_name, first_name, phone, email, csr, line, picture,
notes, id from address where MATCH(notes) AGAINST ('\"$terr\"') " );
Any help would be appreciated.
DB = MySql version 3.23.47
Code = PHP 4.2.0
OS = RedHat
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