Re: what does % mean?

> I am trying to decipher some code written by someone else. In it there > is a query: > > $query = "select description from $prodtable where description like '%' > or type like '%' group by description"; > > I've seen it used as mathematical modulos, but not sure how it's used > here. It is a wildcard, like someone else said. That exact query has a poor syntax, though.. .unless there's a method behind the madness. Since it's matching a wildcard only.. which would match everything, you could use "select description from $prodtable group by description" and get the same results. ---John Holmes...