Re: Searching a MySQL database?
| From: | Toby Butzon | Date: | Sun, 14 Jan 2001 22:04:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Searching a MySQL database? | ||
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You've basically got it... the advantage of LIKE is that you can add
wildcards to specify what can be different...
towns = '$town'
...and...
towns LIKE '$town'
...are essentially the same without the % wildcard character. Thus,
towns = '$town'
...is much different than...
towns LIKE '%$town%'
--Toby