mysql query - contains?

Question

how can i search for a particular string in mysql? I tried using contains- gives me error:

SELECT r.name
     , r.network
     , r.namestring
     , i.name
     , r.rid
     , i.id
     , d.dtime
     , d.ifInOctets
     , d.description
FROM router AS r
INNER JOIN interface AS i ON r.rid = i.rid
INNER JOIN 1278993600_1_60 AS d ON i.id = d.id
                               AND d.dtime BETWEEN 1279027200 AND 1279029000
     WHERE r.network = "ITPN"
       AND i.status = "active"
       AND i.description CONTAINS ' DBK'

Please help.

Answer 1

use like, i.e. AND i.description LIKE '%DBK%'

Answer 2

Try

AND i.description LIKE '% DBK%' 

Answer 3

Looking for LIKE:

AND i.description LIKE '% DBK%'

More Info:

• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-comparison-functions.html
• http://www.htmlite.com/mysql011.php

Answer 4

Try

...AND i.description like '% DBK%'

Or

...AND upper(i.description) like '% DBK%'

If you want to get anything with DBK, DbK, dbk, dBk, ...