don't like being picky, but you may be thinking of MySQL where % is the multiple character wildcard (eg select 'David!' LIKE '%D%v%';) _ is the single character wildcard (eg select 'David' LIKE 'Davi_'; Tom Ben Cairns wrote: > The wildcard in PHP is a % > > E.G. > select * from YOUR_TABLE where SOME_FIELD like '%$dan%'"; > > Hope this helps > > -- Ben Cairns - Head Of Technical Operations > intasept.COM > Tel: 01332 365333 > Fax: 01332 346010 > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.intasept.com > > "MAKING sense of > the INFORMATION > TECHNOLOGY age > @ WORK......" > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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