Andreas Gietl wrote:
>
> hi i'am having a little problem making mysql search for a string that
> does not completly match the searched field, but does just CONTAIN the
> search string.
> Is it possible to realize this withing Mysql or do i have to do this
> within my programm?
>
Use the LIKE operator and % as wildcards:
... WHERE somefield LIKE '%jim%';
Unfortunately this won't use any index on 'somefield'. If you know that
'jim' starts the field then you can still use indexing with:
... WHERE somefield LIKE 'jim%';
jim...
