Hi David,
| Why not regexp but this is not i mean, in fact | " where CONTENT like '%word1%' | > or CONTENT like '%word2%' | > or CONTENT like '%word3%' " | shoud be : | " where CONTENT1 like '%word%' | > or CONTENT2 like '%word%' | > or CONTENT3 like '%word%' " | So i'll be 3 regexp i think ... No, that'll be one regexp. That is the beauty of using regexp. Try it. | Other big problem is why mysql locked all queries during | executing this one ... Agree on this one, this is a little unfortunate. But MySQL 4 should give you row level locking, and well, using index on '%WORD%' as well. Meanwhile, a full text index should be the only way out for you. Its big but its worth it in your case. Cheers, Shashank Shashank Tripathi www.shanx.com Sql, query --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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