Re: pattern matching in mysql

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 12:35:13 -0700, abracad wrote:

> I have a table, location, of place names eg
>
> place
> -----
> London
> Hong Kong
> New York
>
> and wish to search for any places in a user-entered search string eg
> "London Hong Kong"
>
> In Access the query
> SELECT * FROM location
> WHERE 'London Hong Kong' LIKE '*'&place&'*'
> returns both Hong Kong and London
>
> But in MySQL nothing is returned, even replacing the MS-specific *
> with %
>
> How is this achieved in MySQL?

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