Search database fields using single text field

Question

Kindly advise on how to develop a database search page such
that there is
single text field to enter serach string and the results are
shown on the
same page.
ALso guide if there is any extension available for achieving
the above.

Answer 1

I understand what you say.
What I am looking for is a wizard or an extension which
creates the form, as
well as writes the SQL string and also generates the results
page
(preferably on the sarch page itself).
I am looking for a google like solution where the site
homepage has one text
field, and users can search for all the fields of a database
to give results
on the same page.
Please help.
"malcster2" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> the simplest way of doing it is to have an input box and
a submit button
> in a
> form,
>
> when the submit button is pressed, the text in side the
input box is
> posted to
> a variable.
>
> the variable is then inserted into a mysql select
statement, and the
> results
> are then echoed to the screen.
>
> all of this using php.
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