Posted by J.O. Aho on 08/24/07 16:13

pokeski@gmail.com wrote:
> hi, maybe someone can answer this --- please,
>
> $sql_query = "SELECT * FROM table WHERE some_thingdata =
> '$some_partofit'";
>
> can a SELECT statement such as above be crafted, that basically
> searches the "some_thingdata" for only part of the stringdata in
> there?
>
> That would be cool if someone can show me how that can be done. :-)
>
> Thank you!
>

$query="SELECT * FROM table WHERE some_thingdata LIKE '%{$some_partofit}%'";

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//Aho

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