>>>>> "LBFan9911" == LBFan9911 <LBFan9911@stripped> writes:
LBFan9911> I need to find all keyword matches in one field. I've been using the
LBFan9911> statement
LBFan9911> where field LIKE "%keyword%"
LBFan9911> And this works well but if the field contains "warrior" and I'm looking for
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LBFan9911> "war" - the record shows up with "warrior". I tried using the LIKE without
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LBFan9911> the % wildcard and it doesn't find anything that it should. So how do I
LBFan9911> modify the LIKE statement so it finds only whole word matches.
LBFan9911> Including words at the beginning of the field. I mention this because I
LBFan9911> tried to search for words bracketed by the space character but it would not
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LBFan9911> find matches when the word was at the beginning of the field.
LBFan9911> Thanks immensely for your help in advance.
LBFan9911> Jaymes H. Sorbel
Hi!
You can't do this with 'LIKE'. Use REGEXP instead!
WHERE field REGEXP "[[:<:]]war[[:>:]]"
Regards,
Monty
