Question

suppose someone enter this search (on an form):

Nicole Kidman films

Which SQL i can use to find “the best” results ?

I suppose something like this :

SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE ( Field='%Nicole Kidman Films%' OR Field='%Nicole%' OR Field='%Kidman%' OR Field='%Films%' ) 

My question is how to get most relevant result ?
Thank you very much!

Answer 1

Full-Text Search:

SELECT * FROM myTable WHERE MATCH(Field) AGAINST('Nicole Kidman Films')

This query will return rows in order of relevancy, as defined by the full-text search algorithm.

Note: This is for MySQL, other DBMS have similar functionality.