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Asked: 2026-05-14T07:01:03+00:00

keyword = house SELECT * FROM products WHERE description LIKE ‘%house%’ This query also

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keyword = house

SELECT * FROM products WHERE description LIKE '%house%'

This query also returns records having keyword, for example, courthouse, but I want to look for house only. How do I search anywhere in the description for “house” only?

Thanks.

UPDATE

just for more clarification .. 

actually house, can be at 
  -  the start of the description .. "House for sale..", 
  -  can be quoted -- "house", 'house'
  -  can have exclamation .. house!!!, house!
  - others - house? etc ..

this is why I used %house%

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  1. Editorial Team

    SELECT * FROM products WHERE description rlike ‘[[:<:]]house[[:>:]]’

    rlike is synonim for REGEXP.

    [[:<:]] denotes the start of the word and the
    [[:>:]] end of the word.

    It works for all your requirements (case insensitive, with quoted words or words ending, or begging, with exclamation points and other non-letter characters)

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