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duro
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2012-11-18 : 11:38:12

hello,

right now on my search page the sql query i am using is similar to:

select * from table where name like '%search%'

and it returns the exact phrases perfectly

however if search = "car red" there are no results

i want it to be able to return "red card" results also

basically i want it to be:

select * from table where name like '%car%' or name like '%red%'

how do i break up the value of search for each term or phrase

any ideas? thanks!

sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5155 Posts

Posted - 2012-11-18 : 12:31:32

When you search for "car red", do you want to return rows that contain words like "scary", "Fred", "redo" etc.?

duro
Starting Member

5 Posts

Posted - 2012-11-18 : 16:09:59

no, sorry i want :
select * from table where name like '% car %' or name like '% red %'
any ideas? thanks!

sunitabeck
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5155 Posts

Posted - 2012-11-18 : 17:27:53

Copy the code in Fig. 21 in this article to install the function: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Tally+Table/72993/

Then use it like this:

DECLARE @search VARCHAR(255) = 'car apple';

SELECT
	t.*
FROM
	YourTable t
	INNER JOIN dbo.DelimitedSplit8K(@search,' ') d
		ON ' ' + t.name + ' ' LIKE '% ' + d.Item + ' %'

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