Re: Search in a TEXT field?

From: Georg Horn (horn@koblenz-net.de)
Date: Wed Oct 13 1999 - 15:31:41 EST


Hi,

> Hi...
>
> I understand that you can't use a *LIKE operator with a TEXT field.
> Is there *any* other way to perform a search within a TEXT field?
> If not, what is the difference between using a TEXT field or just
> a reference to an external file?

Well, that's comparing apples with pears... external files must be opened
separately, while text fields may be accessed as $row[x] after doing a query.

But, however, you can search files with grep, using regular expressions this
way...

Bye,
Georg

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