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How do I ignore punctuation?

  • November 8, 2006 at 9:13 pm

    #170370

    Just as the title suggests, how do I ignore punctuation in an SQL query using full txt searching?

    Say if I wanted to search on:

    O'brien

    or

    Mary's Hat.

    I would expect that the search engine would look for:

    Obrien OR O'brien

    and

    Marys hat OR Mary's Hat.

    Im using SQL 2005

  • November 10, 2006 at 6:43 am

    #671070

    Hi Mark,

    You're best bet is to run the search input through a function that replaces all punctuation with '%' to give you a string that is suitable for the like operator.

    Good luck!

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