Re: Searching MySQL 'text' field

From: Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 17:40:55 +0000
Subject: Re: Searching MySQL 'text' field
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Hi there, You have to use full text search capabilities of MySQL. Please take a look mysql documentation for full text search. thanks Hardik --- Vernon <vernon@comp-wiz.com> wrote: > I've setup a search page using PHP which when > searching a MySQL 'varchar' > field it works just fine, but I'm trying to extend > the search to include a > field that is a 'text' field and it keeps coming > back with no results. > > Is searching text fields allowed? It would seem that > it only be logical that > it would be. Is there something special I have to do > to have this field > searched? > > Thanks > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com

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