Re: [PHP-DB] wildcard in mysql search with php
thanks "Dave Watkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... select from where like '%searchword%' RTFM!!! -Original Message- From: Thomas "omega" Henning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 October 2001 14:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] wildcard in mysql search with php Hello all, 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? Thanks Sir Thomas "omega" Henning -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] wildcard in mysql search with php
Sure use: SELECT * FROM WHERE foo LIKE '%$bar%' selects all records where 'bar' is found somewhere in the search string. See also: http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/t/String_comparison_functions.html HTH :-) Russ On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:57:56 +0200 "Thomas \"omega\" Henning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > 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? > > Thanks > Sir Thomas "omega" Henning > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > #---# "Believe nothing - consider everything" Russ Michell Anglia Polytechnic University Webteam Room 1C 'The Eastings' East Road, Cambridge e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: www.apu.ac.uk/webteam www.theruss.com #---# -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP-DB] wildcard in mysql search with php
> 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%' -- __ _Tyler Nally / /__ _(_)___ _ _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] / / _ \/ __ `/ / __ \/ __ \ / __ \/ ___/ __ `/ 317-860-3016 / / __/ /_/ / / /_/ / / / // /_/ / / / /_/ / American Legion Website /_/\___/\__, /_/\/_/ /_(_)/_/ \__, /http://www.legion.org // // -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP-DB] wildcard in mysql search with php
select from where like '%searchword%' RTFM!!! -Original Message- From: Thomas "omega" Henning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 October 2001 14:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] wildcard in mysql search with php Hello all, 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? Thanks Sir Thomas "omega" Henning -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
