try this:
$query = "SELECT code FROM links WHERE sort_text LIKE '$letter%'";
Note there are now single quotes (') identifying the string of the LIKE operator and
also the assignment operator (=) has been replaced with the proper LIKE mySQL operator
that allows for string search arguments.
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----- Original Message -----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 11:27 PM
Subject: [PHP] (newbi)mySQL query question
This doesn't have a huge amount to do with PHP but,
I have the following code for my SQL query:
$query = "SELECT code FROM links WHERE sort_text = $letter*";
I get an error.
What I want to do is be able to specify a letter and have the rest be undefined eg
if $letter was t
I would get TecEco, Tiny, and Trailer
and if $letter was b I would get Basket and Ball.
Could any one show me the correct syntax off their heads?JJ Harrison
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www.tececo.com
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