Simple SQL search question... pls help

[cottonbuds2005]

Please bear with me because Im a newbie at SQL / PHP stuff.

 

My database is an inventory of all our PC equipment. What I want to do is make a search for a serial number with wildcard strings at the end.

 

example: when I enter the serial number LVW9 I want the results for all PCs having sn starting with that string. Like LVW9237, LVW9228 etc etc

 

The code below allows just the exact sn for the PC. How to do this? Please help me.

 

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mysql_select_db($database_ITInventory, $ITInventory);

$query_SearchSerial = sprintf("SELECT * FROM assetsdb WHERE SerialNo = %s", GetSQLValueString($colname_SearchSerial, "text"));

$SearchSerial = mysql_query($query_SearchSerial, $ITInventory) or die(mysql_error());

$row_SearchSerial = mysql_fetch_assoc($SearchSerial);

$totalRows_SearchSerial = mysql_num_rows($SearchSerial);

 

[kickstart]

Hi

 

To use wild cards use a LIKE instead of an =, and then use the appropriate wild card for your search (ie, % for zero or more characters, _ for a single character, etc).

 

All the best

 

Keith