Search a whole table in mySQL for a string

Question

I\'m trying to search a whole table in mySQL for a string.

I want to search all fields and all entrees of a table, returning each full entry that contains the speci

Answer 1

A PHP Based Solution for search entire table ! Search string is $string . This is generic and will work with all the tables with any number of fields

$sql="SELECT * from client_wireless";
$sql_query=mysql_query($sql);
$logicStr="WHERE ";
$count=mysql_num_fields($sql_query);
for($i=0 ; $i < mysql_num_fields($sql_query) ; $i++){
 if($i == ($count-1) )
$logicStr=$logicStr."".mysql_field_name($sql_query,$i)." LIKE '%".$string."%' ";
else
$logicStr=$logicStr."".mysql_field_name($sql_query,$i)." LIKE '%".$string."%' OR ";
}
// start the search in all the fields and when a match is found, go on printing it .
$sql="SELECT * from client_wireless ".$logicStr;
//echo $sql;
$query=mysql_query($sql);