use a REGEXP: http://www.mysql.com/doc/R/e/Regexp.html
- Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: julian haffegee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 2:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: where Hi, I have recently gained access to mysql (new isp), and am converting my old text databases to sql ones. I had a text database with a field 'keywords'. I have entered them as one field, What I want to do is submit a query where I can ask if this field CONTAINS rather than equals a string. Can you use regular expressions in this way? I want to have something like $result = mysql_query ("SELECT title, keywords, description FROM documents WHERE keywords='$word'"); but with keywords 'contains' '$word' a bit like keywords =~ m/$word/g in perl How would you all go about this? should I set my database up differently? Thanks very much! Jules --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
