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Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: help please, patter matching problem
> No closing quotes in prepare.
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> Also, I've never seen code that's looks quite like that; this may be
> cleaner:
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> $sth=$dbh->pre
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Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 9:49 AM
Subject: help please, patter matching problem
> mysql and Perl
>
> Can someone tell me what's wrong with this code:
>
> $sth=$dbh->prepare("SELECT Contacts FROM Info WHERE Name=?);
>
> $s
* Dan
> Can someone tell me what's wrong with this code:
>
> $sth=$dbh->prepare("SELECT Contacts FROM Info WHERE Name=?);
>
> $sth->execute("%$sname%");
You should use the LIKE operator:
Name LIKE "%roger%"
http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/t/String_comparison_functions.html >
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Roger
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mysql and Perl
Can someone tell me what's wrong with this code:
$sth=$dbh->prepare("SELECT Contacts FROM Info WHERE Name=?);
$sth->execute("%$sname%");
$dname = $sth->fetchrow_array;
$names is supposed to be a substring. So if I want to search for a middle
name or just a first name or even a
