Re: [PHP] Searching a mySQL DB

2002-04-15 Thread Richard Archer
At 4:06 AM -0700 15/4/02, Thomas Edison Jr. wrote: >I have a table with a column vProName, which >let's say, contains a record "Basket Ball Game". >Now what i want is that if someone searches for "Game" >or "Ball", even then this record should appear. Either "select * from ThatTable where vProNa

Re: [PHP] Searching a mySQL DB

2002-04-15 Thread phplists
Check out the MySQL page at http://www.mysql.com/doc/F/u/Fulltext_Search.html. This page talks about doing full-text searches through your data. Then you can implement the queries using PHP scripts to perform the searches.. It works super smooth.. You do have to create an index of any column you w

[PHP] Searching a mySQL DB

2002-04-15 Thread Thomas Edison Jr.
I'm working on a search program that searches on a mySQL DB and gives back results. I have a table with a column vProName, which let's say, contains a record "Basket Ball Game". Now what i want is that if someone searches for "Game" or "Ball", even then this record should appear. Could someone

Re: [PHP] Searching a MYSQL DB

2001-05-23 Thread Miles Thompson
Yes, it's easy and you already have at least one answer. If you are going to be doing any database programming, a basic familiarity with SQL (Structured Query Language) and relational databases is pretty essential. A book like "SQL for Dummies" is an excellent place to start, you could probabl

Re: [PHP] Searching a MYSQL DB

2001-05-23 Thread James Holloway
Hey, Simple solution: " . stripslashes(htmlentities($name)) . "\n\n" . stripslashes(htmlentities($description)) . "\n"; } ?> James. ""YoBro"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 9eg0jl$5ac$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:9eg0jl$5ac$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi, > > Any ideas, or any code that will allo

Re: [PHP] Searching a MYSQL DB

2001-05-23 Thread John Monfort
Try this sql statement: // search for the keyword in NAME or DESCRIPION.. // using the wildcard '%'. $sql="select * from TABLE_NAME where Name='%search_query%' OR Description='%search_query%'"; $result=mysql_query($sql) or die ("blah, blah, blah"); ...more php codes...see php manual for

[PHP] Searching a MYSQL DB

2001-05-23 Thread YoBro
Hi, Any ideas, or any code that will allow a search of specific keywords in a mysql database. Feilds in a Table called: Name Description What I am after is if somebody types the word 'hammer', then I want it to return the results in a list if the word hammer is picked up under the name of descr