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In the end I used:<br />
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patindex('%[^A-Za-z]car[^A<wbr />-Za-z]%'..<wbr />.
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In the end I used:

patindex('%[^A-Za-z]car[^A-Za-z]%'...

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I've been recently looking for a way to see if a keyword is used within a given text in the database and have been using PatIndex to check if that word exists... problem is, when I search for PatIndex('%car%', @SearchText), if the searchtext has the word cartridge, it also picks it up. &nbsp;I have tried using two spaces, one at the begining and one at the end... but that causes car's to be rejected...<br />
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Any help is much appreciated.
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I've been recently looking for a way to see if a keyword is used within a given text in the database and have been using PatIndex to check if that word exists... problem is, when I search for PatIndex('%car%', @SearchText), if the searchtext has the word cartridge, it also picks it up.  I have tried using two spaces, one at the begining and one at the end... but that causes car's to be rejected...

Any help is much appreciated.

PatIndex Problem

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