Hi Frank, the full text search from MySQL is probably what you are looking for. You can read more about it in the online documentation.
http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Reference.html#Ful ltext_Search Cheers, Pieter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Peavy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:08 PM Subject: Search Engine (text search) like functionality...need to build > Hello All, > I have a need to build some user functionality (text search) that is > similar to the search functions available in most search engines. I would > like to have users input a search string and find the appropriate records > in MySql, for example: > > database "software development" linux > > Part of the difficulty I am having is how to handle the pieces of text to > search with. A simple parse of the data would break apart the text inside > the double quotes. > > My intent was to capture the search string in a PHP form, but I am unsure > where to go to from there. > > Any thoughts on how to approach this would be appreciated. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
