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searching a tables field

What would the syntax be to search a particular field in a table with a
users search string?

eg table 'item' with fields 'id' 'category' 'name' 'description' and i want
to search description?

Thanks
Jul 17 '05 #1
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You mean SQL, right?

SELECT * FROM item WHERE description LIKE '%<search string>%';

Is that what you want?

the voigts wrote:
What would the syntax be to search a particular field in a table with a
users search string?

eg table 'item' with fields 'id' 'category' 'name' 'description' and i want
to search description?

Thanks

Jul 17 '05 #2

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