Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Bob Sneidar wrote: > Yes, but the original question was about whether or not it could be > done with a single statement. Also I am not a big fan of full text > searches the way they are implemented typically. For instance, on our > copier vendor's websites they of course have searches, but what I

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Yes, but the original question was about whether or not it could be done with a single statement. Also I am not a big fan of full text searches the way they are implemented typically. For instance, on our copier vendor's websites they of course have searches, but what I end up with are 10,000

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-14 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Bob Sneidar wrote: Actually I do this all the time. SELECT * from MyTable where COLUMN1 like "%mysearchtermhere%" OR COLUMN2 like "%mysearchtermhere%" OR COLUMN3 like "%mysearchtermhere%" I loop through a list of columns I want to search to build the query. Wouldn't that be a

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Pretty sure + means concatenate, otherwise that SQL statement would not work in any I can imagine. Bob S > On Jan 14, 2020, at 10:05 , Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Bob, > >> Am 14.01.2020 um 19:00 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> : >> >> The only problem I see

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-14 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Bob, > Am 14.01.2020 um 19:00 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > : > > The only problem I see here is that it is possible to get a match with the > last part of one column and the first part of the next, especially with > numerical data, which would be a false positive. AHA, so SQL

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-14 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
The only problem I see here is that it is possible to get a match with the last part of one column and the first part of the next, especially with numerical data, which would be a false positive. Bob S > On Jan 14, 2020, at 01:15 , Klaus major-k via use-livecode > wrote: > > Hi Sean, >

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-14 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Sean, > Am 14.01.2020 um 02:04 schrieb Pi Digital via use-livecode > : > > Even easier: > > SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE ((col1+col2+aCol1+aCol2) LIKE > ‘%mysearchtermhere%’) aha, thank you very much, I had no idea this is possible! :-) > Sean Cole > Pi Digital Prod Ltd > >>> On 13 Jan

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-13 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/13/20 3:03 PM, doc hawk via use-livecode wrote: On Jan 13, 2020, at 11:39 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: Single command? No. Also, note that you *can* submit compound commands from LiveCode to SQLite and PostgreSQL, unlike with mySQL. (Or, maybe the interface to mySQL has

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-13 Thread Pi Digital via use-livecode
Even easier: SELECT * FROM MyTable WHERE ((col1+col2+aCol1+aCol2) LIKE ‘%mysearchtermhere%’) Sean Cole Pi Digital Prod Ltd >> On 13 Jan 2020, at 23:03, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> wrote: > Actually I do this all the time. > > SELECT * from MyTable where > COLUMN1 like

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-13 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Actually I do this all the time. SELECT * from MyTable where COLUMN1 like "%mysearchtermhere%" OR COLUMN2 like "%mysearchtermhere%" OR COLUMN3 like "%mysearchtermhere%" I loop through a list of columns I want to search to build the query. Bob S > On Jan 13, 2020, at 11:03 ,

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-13 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
On Jan 13, 2020, at 11:39 AM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: > > Single command? No. Also, note that you *can* submit compound commands from LiveCode to SQLite and PostgreSQL, unlike with mySQL. (Or, maybe the interface to mySQL has changed in the years since I learned this the hard

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-13 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi Mark, > Am 13.01.2020 um 20:39 schrieb Mark Wieder via use-livecode > : > > On 1/13/20 11:03 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: >> Hi all, >> I searched the docs of SQLite but could not find a hint. >> Is it possible to create a "full text search" in SQL(ite) >> with ONE SQL command?

Re: SQL(ite) question

2020-01-13 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 1/13/20 11:03 AM, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote: Hi all, I searched the docs of SQLite but could not find a hint. Is it possible to create a "full text search" in SQL(ite) with ONE SQL command? Something like this (pseudocode): ... SELECT * from MyTable where ANY_COLUMN like

SQL(ite) question

2020-01-13 Thread Klaus major-k via use-livecode
Hi all, I searched the docs of SQLite but could not find a hint. Is it possible to create a "full text search" in SQL(ite) with ONE SQL command? Something like this (pseudocode): ... SELECT * from MyTable where ANY_COLUMN like "%mysearchtermhere%" ... If not, how can this be done? You get the