From: "Adam Williams" <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > This is my SQL query: > > "SELECT seriesno, governor, descr, boxno, year, eyear, docno > from rg2 WHERE seriesno = '$_POST[seriesno]' and governor matches > '*$searchterm*' or descr matches '*$searchterm*'"; Looks like you're doing the equivilent to a MySQL "LIKE" search, i.e. looking for a pattern in a string instead of doing a FULLTEXT search. Consult you're documentation, as I don't think the PHP list can be much more help. ---John Holmes... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php