Mark, It looks like you should be using full-text indexes and the match and against functions to me.
Check out section 6.8 in the manual. Andy mysql query > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Goodge [mailto:mark@;good-stuff.co.uk] > Sent: 04 November 2002 11:21 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: select using regexp > > > Hi, > > I've got a problem that I'm hoping someone can help with. I need to do > a query against a text column in order to extract entries that will > match whole words only - for example, a search for "cat" should match > any of: > > The cat sat on the mat > It was a large cat. > Cat food is interesting. > Dog. Cat. Fish. > > but not match > > in a catatonic state > it was a catastrophe > scattergun approach > > It looks as if the MySQL REGEXP function is what I need here, but I > can't work out from the documentation how to get what I want. > > Any suggestions? > > Mark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
