why not just use WHERE word = "inputWord" and skip the whole LIKE thing for an exact match? Is that what you mean?
Respectfully, Ligaya Turmelle "Matt Palermo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I was wondering if anyone knows how to do whole word searches in mysql. I > have a search textbox that users can enter in multiple words to search for > in the database, but things like the mysql LIKE match any part of a word. > Is there a way to search for whole word matches only? Please let me know if > you can help. > > Thanks, > > Matt > http://sweetphp.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
