> > > You can also use regexp expression like this :
> > >
> > > SELECT * FROM photos WHERE keywords ~* '.*$cat_name.*';
> > >
> > > it works fine.
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the tip. Any recommendations as to which would
> be faster when
> > searching about 2,000 records or so..
>
> LIKE is faster, but with 2,000 records, you won't be able to tell the
> difference. It takes a blink.
>
> --Gene
And remember unless you use full text indexing (which is expensive) you
won't have indexing on that search (for either the LIKE or regex).
-DEJ