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BA

2006-02-03, 1:23 pm

There are a few people at my company that are not familiar with SQL, but it
would be benificial if they were able to search for text within a database
and report on tables. Is there a freeware tool out there that will connect
to a sql db and allow you to search for text?

Thanks


MJKulangara

2006-02-03, 1:23 pm

Do you mean search for text in data ...ie in a table ?

If you just need to search ddl...

This query would work...

select * from syscomments
where text like '%whatever%'

HTH

MJKulangara
http://sqladventures.blogspot.com

BA

2006-02-03, 1:23 pm

Yes, they would be searching for text in a table. I'd like to avoid having
to use queries and would prefer a stand alone application that could connect
to the db and provide search fuctionallity.

Thanks

"MJKulangara" <RutgersDBA@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1138992074.992386.270080@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Do you mean search for text in data ...ie in a table ?
>
> If you just need to search ddl...
>
> This query would work...
>
> select * from syscomments
> where text like '%whatever%'
>
> HTH
>
> MJKulangara
> http://sqladventures.blogspot.com
>



Terri

2006-02-03, 8:23 pm

Try a search with these terms: graphical query builder freeware

"BA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, they would be searching for text in a table. I'd like to avoid

having
> to use queries and would prefer a stand alone application that could

connect
> to the db and provide search fuctionallity.
>




Sassan Karai

2006-02-03, 8:23 pm

You may want to look into Full Text Search (available with SQL server)
Below a starting point
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms142545.aspx

Sassan

"BA" wrote:

> There are a few people at my company that are not familiar with SQL, but it
> would be benificial if they were able to search for text within a database
> and report on tables. Is there a freeware tool out there that will connect
> to a sql db and allow you to search for text?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

Achim Stein [MCT]

2006-02-04, 8:23 pm

Hi,

ever thought about an Access .adp Project?
With "form based Filter" you can do a lot. Even fulltext search.

Achim

"BA" <none@none.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ulNEf.9706$VV4.160280@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> There are a few people at my company that are not familiar with SQL, but
> it would be benificial if they were able to search for text within a
> database and report on tables. Is there a freeware tool out there that
> will connect to a sql db and allow you to search for text?
>
> Thanks
>



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