LIKE question - is it possible?
Hi group. I have a table with a varchar(250) column in it (let's call it c) I want to select values that contain a number of given words in them (three or more), in any words order I currently use SELECT * FROM table WHERE c LIKE %word1%word2%word3%; I was wandering if it is possible to use a query where the LIKE (or anything else) searches for my given strings in any order. I'm using MySQL 4.1.11 on windows XP, if it matters. Thanks. Micha. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LIKE question - is it possible?
Micha Berdichevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 14/04/2005 12:53:31: Hi group. I have a table with a varchar(250) column in it (let's call it c) I want to select values that contain a number of given words in them (three or more), in any words order I currently use SELECT * FROM table WHERE c LIKE %word1%word2%word3%; I was wandering if it is possible to use a query where the LIKE (or anything else) searches for my given strings in any order. I'm using MySQL 4.1.11 on windows XP, if it matters. I think you want to do a FULLTEXT search: see http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/fulltext-search.html This requres using a FULLTEXT index on your column and using the MATCH command. Alec -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: LIKE question - is it possible?
I think that if you explode your words with AND it should work in any order: SELECT * FROM table WHERE c LIKE '%word1%' AND c LIKE '%word2%' AND c LIKE '%word3%'; but there's maybe something better to do! From: Micha Berdichevsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: LIKE question - is it possible? Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:53:31 +0200 Hi group. I have a table with a varchar(250) column in it (let's call it c) I want to select values that contain a number of given words in them (three or more), in any words order I currently use SELECT * FROM table WHERE c LIKE %word1%word2%word3%; I was wandering if it is possible to use a query where the LIKE (or anything else) searches for my given strings in any order. I'm using MySQL 4.1.11 on windows XP, if it matters. Thanks. Micha. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LIKE question - is it possible?
Not sure if your query works. But what should work is SELECT * FROM table WHERE c LIKE %word1% and c LIKE %word2% and c LIKE %word3%; But might be slow ... Am Thursday 14 April 2005 13:53 schrieb Micha Berdichevsky: Hi group. I have a table with a varchar(250) column in it (let's call it c) I want to select values that contain a number of given words in them (three or more), in any words order I currently use SELECT * FROM table WHERE c LIKE %word1%word2%word3%; I was wandering if it is possible to use a query where the LIKE (or anything else) searches for my given strings in any order. I'm using MySQL 4.1.11 on windows XP, if it matters. Thanks. Micha. -- Stefan Kuhn M. A. Cologne University BioInformatics Center (http://www.cubic.uni-koeln.de) Zülpicher Str. 47, 50674 Cologne Tel: +49(0)221-470-7428 Fax: +49 (0) 221-470-7786 My public PGP key is available at http://pgp.mit.edu -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
