Sql query for search by like keyword

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I am creating search fuctionality for my asp.net website. I have one textbox and button, user can enter any search term in textbox and i checks whether it is present in my table or not through stored procedure. @cat parameter contains user search term...

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ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sps_search]
@cat nvarchar(100)
AS
BEGIN
	select * from tbl_adregister where category like '%'+@cat+'%'
END

In table (tbl_adregister) the column(category) stores the category id and there is seperate table(tbl_category) for storing category names(category_name) and id(category_id).
My problem is user enters text value in search box and how can i match it with the table(tbl_category).

Posted 9-May-14 1:26am

Raj Negi

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[no name] 9-May-14 7:28am

Can't you do a join on the category id?

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Solution 2

Belwo statement should do the work ;)

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select r.*, c.*
from tbl_adregister AS r INNER JOIN tbl_category AS c ON r.category = c.category_id
where c.category like %@cat%

Posted 9-May-14 1:36am

Maciej Los

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DamithSL · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-09T01:34:00

Solution 1

use SQL JOIN[^]

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select ta.* from tbl_adregister ta join tbl_category tc on ta.category_id =tc.category_id  where tc.category_name like '%'+@cat+'%'

Posted 9-May-14 1:34am

DamithSL

Updated 9-May-14 1:36am

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