Micha Berdichevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14/04/2005 12:53:31: > Hi group. > I have a table with a varchar(250) column in it (let's call it c) > I want to select values that contain a number of given words in them > (three or more), in any words order > I currently use > SELECT * FROM table WHERE c LIKE "%word1%word2%word3%"; > I was wandering if it is possible to use a query where the LIKE (or > anything else) searches for my given strings in any order. > I'm using MySQL 4.1.11 on windows XP, if it matters.
I think you want to do a FULLTEXT search: see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/fulltext-search.html This requres using a FULLTEXT index on your column and using the MATCH command. Alec -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
