Hi, I just tried this on a schema I had laying about and it worked fine: mysql> SET @dude='pilgrim'; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT namefield FROM mytable WHERE namefield LIKE CONCAT('%',@dude,'%'); +-----------------------------------------------+ | name | +-----------------------------------------------+ | Blood Elf Pilgrim | | Blood Elf Pilgrim | | Draenei Pilgrim | | High Elf Pilgrim | | Pilgrim Gal'ressa | | Recovering Pilgrim | | Wounded Blood Elf Pilgrim | | Young Pilgrim | +-----------------------------------------------+ I am running 5.5.6 x64 on Mac OS X. Rich On 11 May 2011 20:03, Hank <hes...@gmail.com> wrote: > This used to work fine in Mysql 4.3, but no longer works in 5.5.8: > > set @txt='needle'; > select * from table where field like CONCAT('%',@txt,'%'); > > --returns the null set. If I substitute like this: > > select * from table where field like '%needle%'; > > it works perfectly (and as it did in 4.x). > > How can I get this to work in 5.5.x? > > Thanks, > > -Hank > -- *Richard Bensley* *Database Administrator* * * richard.bens...@photobox.com skype: richardbensley Mobile: 07540878285