Hello Antonio. On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 11:50:25PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] > select * from [table] where ([string] like %[keyword]$) SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE ("helloworld" like CONCAT("%",keyword,"%") should work, IMHO. Another possibility is to use string functions like this: SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE LOCATE(keyword, "helloworld") > 0 Bye, Benjamin. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php