I am using PHP on my website, but this is certainly a MySQL question. > That shouldn't matter, because the real value $var is inserted before > the query is send to the MySQL server, where REGEXP of the query is > evaluated. If there is a problem, you need to be much more > specific. Quote the error message, show the relevant part of your code > and so on.
The real value of $var is not inserted before it is sent to the server. REGEXP thinks that 'var' is part of the search pattern because $ is a reserved operator for REGEXP. So what gets sent to the server is totally different than what I want to be sent. There are no errors because the syntax is correct, its just not correct for the search I want it to perform. So the questions still remains, how do I get REGEXP to treat $var as a variable and not part of its own syntax. I have been looking at http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Regexp.html, but it does not cover this. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Pflugmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Beauford.2003" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Robert Citek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "MySQL List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 3:30 AM Subject: Re: Select * From table where name Like 'help'; Help > Hello. > > On Mon 2002-12-09 at 01:00:33 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am doing this search from a website, > > What does that mean? Which scripting language do you use? PHP? This is > more a question for your "website" environment than about MySQL. > > > and from what I can tell there is no way to use a variable > > (i.e. $var) with REGEXP as the $ sign has a special meaning to > > REGEXP. > > That shouldn't matter, because the real value $var is inserted before > the query is send to the MySQL server, where REGEXP of the query is > evaluated. If there is a problem, you need to be much more > specific. Quote the error message, show the relevant part of your code > and so on. > > HTH, > > Benjamin. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
