goodluck4287 Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 I am working on a project where I have downloaded several thousand patents from the USPTO and to make a long story short, I have reimported them into my own database. The basic structure, (I am using all InnoDB), uspto.patents. In patents, I have a PK called Patent_ID, and then I have Patent_Abstract, Patent_Title, and Filed Date. Patent_ID has some letters so unfortunately I am using varchar(7) instead of a numeric value Patent_Abstract and Patent_Title are text Filed_Date is correct sql date format A couple of things that I would like to run on my db are: I would like to search for terms/keywords that appear in either of the fields Patent_Abstract or Patent Title. For example, I would like to search for "Solar Panels" or "*Solar" in either in the Patent_Abstract or Patent_Title. If the terms do not appear in the search results, I would like there entire record based on the PK deleted (nulled is fine). So if those search terms aren't found for that record, delete that particular Patent_ID, Patent_Abstract, Patent_Title, and Filed_Date. I would also like to be able to count records based on a range or dates. I've created this db, but I"m a noob at searching it and figuring out these logical sql queries. Thanks for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 What do you have so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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