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can you paste your search code with the sql statement here...
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can you paste your search code with the sql statement here...

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would surprise me alot.<br />
I rather have to guess that your search/results pages do not save the value correct to be searched for, and search LIKE '%' eventually?!
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would surprise me alot.
I rather have to guess that your search/results pages do not save the value correct to be searched for, and search LIKE '%' eventually?!

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Giving the query and related code, as eulac suggested, would be very helpful.
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Giving the query and related code, as eulac suggested, would be very helpful.

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I will post the code latter this afternoon. Thanks very much!
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I will post the code latter this afternoon. Thanks very much!

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Also, which surname causes the issue? &nbsp;Does it have a space in it?
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Also, which surname causes the issue?  Does it have a space in it?

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I have a search and results page. &nbsp;For the first time today, I noticed that when I search in the surname for a specific surname it returns every entery in my database. &nbsp;However a few minutes latter I return to conduct a new search and it works fine returning only the results I specify.<br />
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Any ideas why this would occur? Thanks!
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I have a search and results page.  For the first time today, I noticed that when I search in the surname for a specific surname it returns every entery in my database.  However a few minutes latter I return to conduct a new search and it works fine returning only the results I specify.

Any ideas why this would occur? Thanks!

MySQL search sometimes returns all results

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