WOW, that was easy enough, just declaire column NOT BINARY to make all searches case insensitive Thanx, Jacco -- http://seabird.jmtech.ca Attitude is Everything! But Remember, Attitudes are Contagious! Is Yours worth Catching???? "Peter Beckman" <beckman@purplecow.com> wrote in message 20021024151411.W1216-100000@thermonuclear.org">news:20021024151411.W1216-100000@thermonuclear.org... > It is a database setting. > > http://www.mysql.com/documentation/mysql/bychapter/manual_Problems.html#Case _sensitivity > > Peter > > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Seabird wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm encountering a problem searching a DB. I wish for the input to not be > > case sensitive. if someone looks for AA they may also type aa or aA or Aa. > > This one is simple because its 2 or three letters. > > > > I also have entries that contain "Aviation Management Corporation" they > > should not be searched by case sensitive. How to do this. Convert the DB > > (23000 entries) or change some code.... > > > > Here is my "result" code: > > > > print "<table border=1>\n"; > > $query = "SELECT * FROM $table WHERE Field1 LIKE '%$icao%' $ton > > Field2 LIKE '%$name%' $ton2 > > Field3 LIKE '%$country%' > > ORDER BY $sort"; > > $result = mysql_query($query) or die("Error in query"); > > > > while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){ > > print "<tr>\n" > > ."<td>" . $row['Field1'] . "</td>\n" > > ."<td>" . $row['Field2'] . "</td>\n" > > ."<td>" . $row['Field3'] . "</td>\n" > > ; > > } > > > > Thanx, > > Jacco > > > > print "</tr></table>"; > > > > > > -- > > http://seabird.jmtech.ca > > > > Attitude is Everything! > > But Remember, Attitudes are Contagious! > > Is Yours worth Catching???? > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Peter Beckman Systems Engineer, Fairfax Cable Access Corporation > beckman@purplecow.com http://www.purplecow.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
