mysql> select * from test;
+---+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| a | b |
+---+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | The children are playing on the play-ground |
| 2 | And some other sentence too |
| 3 | Just for testing purposes |
| 4 | Even though I do not like children, I will mention them once more |
+---+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
mysql> select * from test where b LIKE '%child%';
+---+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| a | b |
+---+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | The children are playing on the play-ground |
| 4 | Even though I do not like children, I will mention them once more |
+---+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
The search can *NOT* be done on a 'fulltext' index, though...
From: "Nessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sebastiaan J.A. Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: Full text search gotchas
> Hello,
>
> thanks for your reply. I was wondering...I thought the LIKE function
> is only for single words? I have to admit I never tested it and started
> right off with fulltext option.
> So would following work then...
>
> Lets assume one entry in somefield is: "The children are playing on the
> play-ground" and I want to search for it using LIKE:
>
> SELECT * FROM yourtable WHERE somefield LIKE '%child%';
>
> Would that then give me above entry in the output?!?
