search character by character

2002-05-11 Thread impala
Hi I would like a person to search for a surname. If for example you have the surnames Clark, Williams and Wilcox in the database. e.g. If the person search just for Wil the surnames Williams and Wilcox must be displayed. If the person search just for C the surname Clark must be displayed. I

Re: search character by character

2002-05-11 Thread Kim Kohen
G'day Nic Just by typing part of the word ,how can I make a search in databse possible by using something like SELECT in SQL? Seems like you just need the % wildcard character SELECT LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME, DEPARTMENT FROM EMPLOYEES WHERE LASTNAME LIKE %searchdata%; cheers kim

Re: search character by character

2002-05-11 Thread Intruder
Replace your sql select query with these lines: SELECT LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME, DEPARTMENT FROM EMPLOYEES WHERE LASTNAME LIKE '%varLastName%' It makes caseinsensitive search, so when varLastName is 'C' it will find Clark and Wilcox ,because they contain letter 'C'. Also you can use 'varLastName%'

Re: search character by character

2002-05-11 Thread Egor Egorov
impala, Saturday, May 11, 2002, 12:53:20 PM, you wrote: i I would like a person to search for a surname. If for i example you have the surnames Clark, Williams and i Wilcox in the database. i e.g. If the person search just for Wil the surnames i Williams and Wilcox must be displayed. If the i

Re: search character by character

2002-05-11 Thread Paul DuBois
At 2:53 -0700 5/11/02, impala wrote: Hi I would like a person to search for a surname. If for example you have the surnames Clark, Williams and Wilcox in the database. e.g. If the person search just for Wil the surnames Williams and Wilcox must be displayed. If the person search just for C the