Search Engine - VB6.0

Hello to all developers :-)


I am developing small Dictionary. Yes, but I also have one problem or question. How can be SQL string changed to search not only one equal word. For example:

If I insert 'car' it will display only one result word 'car'

But I need also to find out words like: carrer, carnage ... that are already in my Access97 MDB file. So, how to build up string, that would display me all words like ' *car* '.


At the moment I am using textbox for displaying search results ... also how to show more results inside textbox if my SQL string would provide me more results for one keyword?

My code:


... ... ...

strSQL = "PARAMETERS [SearchingWord] TEXT; " & _
"SELECT * FROM Words WHERE " & _
"Slo LIKE [SearchingWord]"

' Slo is one field inside table Words


Set qd = db.CreateQueryDef("", strSQL)
qd.SQL = strSQL


On Error GoTo Errorpoint
Set rs = qd.OpenRecordset(dbOpenForwardOnly)
On Error GoTo 0

... ... ...

Best regards, Leader

Why don't you use the DBcombi box + sql.
Use the combi box to find the car or carnage and the sql for the querry.

for example select * from recordsource where fieldname = dbcombi.text


Johan

You can also use a wildcard in your query for example add a %-sign to the end of your searchword:

"SELECT * FROM Words WHERE " & _
"Slo LIKE "Car%""

Or if you would like to find words that containt car (not just begin with it) try:

"SELECT * FROM Words WHERE " & _
"Slo LIKE "%Car%""

Goodluck
Another Johan

Your correct coding because you are using a varible from within VB would be :

"SELECT * FROM Words WHERE " & _
"Slo LIKE [%" & text1.text & "%]"

Hope this helps
Mega